Fawad warns electoral body not to make a \u2018joke\u2019 of the constitution and court orders
\n ISLAMABAD
\nPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader and former information minister Fawad Chaudhry slammed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for not organising a meeting on Punjab general elections today (Sunday) despite court orders.
\nTaking to Twitter, the PTI leader said: \u201cElection Commission of Pakistan should have held a meeting today for Punjab polls, don\u2019t make a joke of the Constitution and court orders.\u201d
\nHe further criticized the ECP, saying there was a general impression that since the electoral watchdog comprised of \u201cMunshis\u201d (clerks or personal assistants), it won\u2019t hold provincial elections like it did in Islamabad.
\n\u201cThis fiddling with the Constitution will cost the country dearly,\u201d warned the former information minister. Fawad told the ECP that the Constitution is the only agreed document, and if that is also \u201ctrampled, then the state of Pakistan will be in serious danger\u201d.
\n\u201cEnough is enough, our movement for the supremacy of the Constitution is ready. This movement will start with Jail Bharo [movement] and will continue till the restoration of the Constitution,\u201d said Fawad Chaudhry.
\nMeanwhile, the ECP has summoned a special meeting on Monday to discuss the Lahore High Court\u2019s (LHC) decision of holding elections in Punjab in 90 days, The News reported on Sunday.
\nA special meeting has been called at its secretariat in light of the LHC decision to hold elections in Punjab. The Lahore High Court (LHC) had ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to organise by-polls in Punjab within three months.
\nThe LHC\u2019s Justice Jawad Hassan announced the reserved verdict on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf\u2019s (PTI) petition seeking the court orders for Punjab by-polls. In a 16-page short verdict, the high court ordered the election commission for organising by-polls in Punjab within 90 days.
\nThe LHC directed the electoral watchdog to issue the election schedule in accordance with the Constitution. It further stated that the elections should be conducted within 90 days after the dissolution of the assembly in accordance with the Constitution. .\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fawad warns electoral body not to make a \u2018joke\u2019 of the constitution and court orders ISLAMABAD Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader and former information minister Fawad Chaudhry slammed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for not organising a meeting on Punjab general elections today (Sunday) despite court orders. Taking to Twitter, the PTI leader said: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-313296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n