PTI to move SC against K-P governor, ECP

Jhagra says polls date hasn't been announced despite top court directives

PESHAWAR:

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has announced it will file a contempt of court petition in the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday against the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) governor and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for not announcing the date of elections in the province.

Sixty-two days have passed since the K-P Assembly was dissolved, but the date of election has not been announced as yet. The apex court had also ordered the governor to give the date for polls in the province.

PTI's former provincial minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra said in his video message that 62 days have passed since the K-P Assembly was dissolved, but the governor has not yet given a date for the assembly elections.

He said that the election cannot be stopped by anyone's will.

Having an election and forming an elected government of the people is the foundation of the constitution, democracy and federalism, he noted.

The decision of the top court is there, but neither the governor is giving the date of election nor is the electoral body issuing the election schedule, he added.

The PTI leader said that elections cannot be stopped on the basis of census, economic situation, or under the notion of holding them together with the National Assembly (NA) polls.

It is dangerous for Pakistan to use delays to stop elections, he warned, adding that if the election date is not announced, the party will file a contempt of court petition against the governor and ECP in the apex court on Monday.