ECP postpones Senate elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pakistan
Provincial election commissioner had approached the ECP on request to defer upper house polls
PESHAWAR (Dunya News) - The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has postponed the Senate elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Provincial Election Commissioner Shamshad Khan announced commission's decision as returning officer for the KP Assembly.
Earlier, opposition lawmakers in KP Assembly had submitted a resolution to the provincial election commissioner to postpone the Senate elections.
Arrangements were complete for conducting Senate elections in the assembly. The staff for holding Senate elections was present in the assembly, however, polling for the upper house could not start even after 10am.
The request for deferment of elections was submitted by Ahmed Karim Kundi of the opposition to the provincial election commissioner. The opposition member took the stance that 25 members on reserved seats had not taken oath as yet so the election should be postponed.
The provincial election commissioner had approached the Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja on the request of the opposition.
In a related development, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has summoned the session of party's parliamentary body after Iftar on Tuesday (today).
