The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) stated on Wednesday that the Punjab elections which were originally scheduled for April 30 have been postponed until October 8.

 Punjab election is postponed, Imran Khan claims the constitution has been broken.

 

As a result of the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's government's refusal to give the necessary finances and polling employees citing financial difficulties, Pakistan's electoral authorities have postponed the election for a significant regional assembly. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) stated on Wednesday that the Punjab province's legislative elections—which were originally scheduled for April 30—have been postponed until October 8.

 

Imran Khan, a former prime minister and current leader of the opposition, denounced the ECP's action and said it was against Pakistan's constitution. He tweeted, "Today, everyone must support the legal community, including the judiciary and attorneys, in the hope that they will uphold the constitution. For if this is accepted today, Pakistan's system of rule of law will be destroyed.

 

The poll panel's decision was made shortly after the South Asian nation, which has been grappling with a damaged economy on the verge of debt, experienced worsening political unrest. The country's security environment and lack of funding were cited by the ECP as major factors in the decision to postpone the elections. Khan's Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party managed to dissolve the provincial assemblies in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in January in an effort to pressure the federal government into holding early elections. "We dissolved the two provincial legislatures with the understanding that, in accordance with our Constitution, elections would take place in 90 days. In violation of the Constitution and the Rule of Law, we did not take this move to permit a group of Nazis to create a reign of terror, Khan tweeted on Wednesday.

 

After a Supreme Court decision that mandated elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces within 90 days in accordance with the constitution, President Arif Alvi called elections in Punjab on April 30 earlier this month. Pakistan has held national and provincial elections simultaneously in the past. The national and provincial elections would be held on the same day, according to Sharif and his coalition government, which consists of more than ten parties.

 

Asad Rahim Khan, a journalist, and attorney from Pakistan described the ECP's decision to postpone the Punjab poll as "damaging for democracy" in the nation of more than 220 million people. The freedom to choose one's representative is at risk, he wrote in his essay. "This goes beyond voting preferences now," he wrote."We disbanded the two provincial legislatures with the expectation that elections would be held in 90 days in accordance with our Constitution. We did not make this decision to allow a group of Nazis to impose a reign of terror in contravention of the Constitution and the Rule of Law, Khan tweeted on Wednesday.

 

 

Pakistan political crisis

 

The 70-year-old former cricket star assured his supporters without mentioning names that "they are going to eliminate me sooner or later." "I'm giving you all a warning. You must remain firm and refuse to concede defeat even if I am detained, imprisoned, or killed. He compared it to a cricket match, saying that you must fight until the very last ball. Khan was wounded in the leg in November at a gathering of the general public in Islamabad. He has primarily restricted himself to his home ever since in Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab.

 

The security forces and PTI supporters engaged in many altercations earlier this month near his residence in Lahore's Zaman Park neighborhood. Conflicts of a similar nature were also recorded in Islamabad when Khan appeared in court. Conflicts broke out after Khan's backers stopped the police and paramilitary forces from arresting him in a case where he is suspected of illegally selling state gifts while serving as prime from 2018 to 2022. He claims he did nothing wrong.

 

On Wednesday, Pakistan's Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah requested a parliamentary decision to enable law enforcement to address the PTI's alleged role in the violence. In a joint session of parliament called in response to the nation's political and economic unrest, the decision was requested.

 

Khan has been vociferous in his criticism of both the established ruling parties in Pakistan and the Pakistani military's role in politics, according to Assed Baig of Al Jazeera, who was reporting from Lahore on Wednesday.

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