Pakistan President Alvi announces Punjab and K-P elections on April 9, ruling alliance slams move

Is president empowered to announce election date 'unilaterally'?

President Arif Alvi announced Monday that elections would take place in April, declaring that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab governors — Haji Ghulam Ali and Baligh Ur Rehman — and the...

Pakistan President Alvi announces Punjab and K-P elections on April 9, ruling alliance slams move

The provincial assemblies in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa were dissolved on January 14 and January 18 respectively, before the expiry of their mandated five-year terms on the orders of former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan.

President Alvi unilaterally announces April 9 as Punjab, KP election date

Says he "felt it necessary to perform his constitutional duty to avoid breach of Constitution" after his invitation for talks was refused; ministers criticise move.

Pakistan: President Alvi announced elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, summoned the Election Commissioner

Pakistan President Arif Alvi elections announced in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan: President Alvi announced elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, summoned the Election Commissioner

President Alvi unilaterally announces April 9 as Punjab, KP election date

President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday unilaterally announced April 9 as the date for holding general elections for the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies, according to a press release issued by the President’s Secretariat’s Press Wing. The elections are to take place in both provinces after previous PTI governments had dissolved their assemblies before the […]

President gives date for elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Islamabad: President Arif Alvi held elections in Punjab Province and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa