File photo of the national assembly. PHOTO: APP/FILE
Dialogues with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will begin immediately, sources told Express News.
The date of the dissolution will be re-announced once the government of Punjab has been taken in confidence.
Express News Islamabad bureau chief Amir Ilyas reported that if Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif agrees with the government’s decision on the date of dissolution, elections will be announced soon afterwards.
The ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) gave the go-ahead on Wednesday to Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf to begin consultations with allies and opposition parties for the formation of a caretaker set-up and to decide a date for the upcoming elections.
A PPP core committee meeting also decided that Law Minister Farooq H Naek and Religious Affairs Minister Khurshid Shah would meet the chief election commissioner to discuss a recent ban imposed by the Election Commission (ECP) on all recruitments at the federal, provincial and local government levels with immediate effect.
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it doesnt have to be three months, it could be within three months
Hard for Burgers but early June is good time for rural people. Before june, we are very busy in taking care of Wheat and cultivation of other crops.
Congradulations to Zardari for bringing the nation to election without interfere ce from army and judiciary Now is the opprtunity for people to vote whomsoever they wish
Too late. Three months after will be 10 June when elections are impossible due to the heat.. The date got to be before 10 Feb.