[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]Islamabad: In a major legal victory for the former ruling Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday declared the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to postpone the Punjab Assembly polls “null and void,” ordering that elections be held in the country’s largest province on May 14.
After six hearings, a three-member Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial and including Justices Ijaz Ul Ahsan and Munib Akhtar announced the verdict.
The ruling alliance — the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) — did not welcome the decision, which was hailed by the PTI camp — as the federal cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, rejected the Supreme Court’s verdict.
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“The Supreme Court’s decision is a minority verdict, which is why the cabinet rejects it,” the federal cabinet said, describing the decision as “unimplementable.”
However, while speaking to the media outside the Supreme Court with Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said that the political crisis would push the country into chaos, and that the Constitution provided for an emergency declaration.
“The option of declaring an emergency is in the Constitution, and it is not going away,” Rana Sanaullah said.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
