Balochistan PA favours polls on same day

QUETTA:

The Balochistan Assembly (BA) on Monday passed a resolution regarding holding the elections of the National and Provincial Assemblies on the same day. The session was held under the chairmanship of Speaker Mir Jan Muhammad Jamali.

Provincial Minister of Home and Tribal Affairs, Mir Ziaullah Langu presented a resolution to hold the elections of National and Provincial Assemblies simultaneously in the whole country. He said, currently, the country was going through an economic crisis under these conditions, holding of elections more than once would further weaken the country's economy.

The resolution further said that the Constitution of Pakistan was a supreme document, and every institution had a duty to uphold it under Article 184 of the Constitution.

According to the 18th constitutional amendment, the Election Commission of Pakistan is empowered to conduct free and fair elections, he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 11^th, 2023.