Pakistan's Election Commission files review petition against SC's decision to hold Punjab polls on May 14
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- 04 May 2023
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Pakistan's top election body on Wednesday filed a review petition with the Supreme Court against its verdict to hold the election in Punjab province on May 14, arguing that the apex court could not fix the dates for the polls.
The apex court on April 4 set the date for polls in the country's largest province and ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to organise the election in Punjab while directing the federal government to provide Rs 21 billion for conducting the polls.
The coalition government refused to accept the court's direction, and its efforts to get spare funds were stalled by Parliament, which is dominated by government allies.
The Commission, in its petition, maintained that changing the election programme was the sole domain of the ECP under section 58 of the Elections Act, 2017, and the apex court could not fix the election dates.
The commission further stated that “appointing of date or changing it, is an executive exercise, and certainly not a judicial exercise” and further said that the Supreme Court ''should have exercised judicial restraint and could have apportioned responsibility to the Commission''. Read More…
