Rana Sanaullah, the interior minister of Pakistan, reaffirmed on Saturday that he does not anticipate the Punjab elections taking place on May 14 despite the Supreme Court set that date, Geo News reported.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said Tuesday that the conduct of elections on May 14 is becoming impossible owing to the lack of resources and forces to maintain law and order in its answer to the Supreme Court of Pakistan about elections in Punjab, Geo News reported.
According to The Express Tribune, a three-judge bench led by the chief justice and comprising Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Ijazul Ahsan, on April 4 declared as "unconstitutional" the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) decision to postpone the election for the Punjab Assembly to Octo
Sanaullah while addressing the media in Faisalabad, said that elections would be "held together" under a caretaker setup. Elections across the country would be held at the appointed time this year, he stressed.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will be holding the polls in politically crucial Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces on May 14 as directed by the Supreme Court.
The NSC's decision to launch a massive operation may further shrink the chances of elections in Punjab, two days after the government had categorically refused to implement the court order regarding May 14 polls, Dawn reported.
This comes after the Pakistan Supreme Court's (SC) directives that the elections be held on May 14 instead of the previously notified date of October 8.
BAFTA has announced the nominees for its TV Awards, which will be held on May 14 at the Royal Festival Hall. The event will be hosted by comedians Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Beckett.
Polls suggest it will be a tight race for both the presidency and the parliament. Last week Erdogan officially announced that the presidential and parliamentary elections, which are viewed by many people as the most crucial in Turkey for decades, will be held on May 14, that is a month be
Turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections were scheduled to be held on June 18 but President Erdogan previously signalled that the vote could be brought forward.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 14 (ANI): Former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy said that he will have one more round of "RathYatra" in villages in June and July.