ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan will start broadcast up for new elections in in next 90 days, legal expert says on The Sunday after the country’s president dissolved the National Assembly on advice of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
According to the constitution, new elections will be held under the leadership of the interim prime minister Ismat Mehdi, a legal expert from Karachi, said this. Anadolu Agency.
Imran Khan and leader of the country’s opposition will jointly pick prime minister, he said, explaining that government and the opposition will nominate three candidates each, with one to be chosen for in post.
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However, if both parties cannot agree on name, the case will be referred to a parliamentary committee, which is composed of of Ministry of Finance and opposition legislators, as well as remains functions despite the dissolution of the assembly.
If the parliamentary committee also cannot reach a consensus, the Electoral Commission of Pakistan will do the job.
I fell to fail then the country’s supreme court will eventually appoint a warden prime minister.
Before appointment of acting prime minister, current president prime minister will continue to serve.
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s highest court has prevented political parties and state institutions from taking any “unconstitutional action”. stepafter the ongoing political crisis in the country.
The Supreme Court postponed the hearing until Monday to decide up petitions filed by opposition leaders against dissolution of National Assembly.
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