Punjab governor excuses himself from announcing election date
Pakistan
LHC's order is 'interpretable', says governor
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Punjab governor Baligh ur Rehman on Tuesday excused himself from announcing the date for election in the province.
The Governor House, in a press release, stated that the governor contended that he was not liable to float the date. “Mr Rehman said he could not take an extra-constitutional decision as the Lahore High Court's (LHC) order to hold the election within 90 days of the assembly dissolution was "interpretable" and legal pathway would be followed", the release read.
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Earlier, a delegation of the ECP had called on Mr Rehman to deliberate election prospects in the province. On the other hand, Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Usman Anwar and Punjab Chief Secretary Zahid Akhtar Zaman also met the governor to discuss the election in the province.
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It is pertinent to mention here that former Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi had advised Mr Rehman to dissolve the assembly in a bid to mount pressure on the incumbent government to hold general elections in the country. The assembly stood dissolved as the governor had refused to ink the summary.
The PTI chief Imran Khan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan said that the date of the election was being derailed intentionally while mentioning the ECP and the governor were violating the constitution due to their inaction on the issue of polls.
