[🇵🇰] Pakistan General Elections -- 2024

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PHC order applies to eight women reserved seats, clarifies AGP Awan​

Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Usman Awan has clarified that the Peshawar High Court’s order pertaining to the stay on oath-taking of MNAs on reserved seats applied to eight lawmakers from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

As the National Assembly session convened today, Speaker Ayaz Sadiq administered oath to some MNAs on reserved seats — a move that was contested by the PTI.

However, the AGP stated that none of the MNAs sworn in today were from KP

 

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NA did not receive any notice on oath-taking of MNAs on reserved seats, says speaker Ayaz Sadiq​

National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq has said that the house did not receive any notice or order from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regarding the oath-taking of MNAs on reserved seats.

He passed these remarks after PTI-backed lawmaker Barrister Gohar Ali Khan highlighted that MNAs on reserved seats could not be administered oath in light of the order of the Peshawar High Court.

It must be noted that a day earlier the PHC had deferred the oath-taking of nine women lawmakers, who had been awarded the reserved seats claimed by the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC)

 

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All political parties except ‘cartoons’ want to take country out of crisis: Maryam​

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has said that the public wanted politicians to work for them instead of fighting amongst each other.

Addressing Punjab MPAs today, she said: “The poor are looking towards us. What will they say if these people see us fighting and not doing anything for them?”

CM Maryam said all serious-minded political parties except one whom Bilawal termed as “cartoons” want to take the country out of crisis. “The problems are so serious and intense that no party can solve them alone.

 

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Newly elected MNA on reserved seats take oath​

A number of newly elected lawmakers on reserved seats in the National Assembly have been sworn in.

They were administered oath by NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq amid slogans by PTI-backed lawmakers.

It must be noted that the Election Commission of Pakistan earlier this week rejected the allocation of reserved seats to members of the Sunni Ittehad Council — new home of PTI — and distributed those seats among other parties. mainly the PML-N and PPP.

 

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Bilawal hails Maryam for ‘making history’ as first female CM of Pakistan​

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has hailed Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif for assuming office as the first female provincial chief executive in Pakistan.

Addressing a PPP-PML-N parliamentary party meeting in Lahore, Bilawal said: “Your election [as the CM] is a message for Pakistan and Punjab. All the women are looking towards you as an example.”

The former foreign minister also praised CM Maryam’s decision to announce a Ramazan package for the poor segments of the society.

 

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Mahmood Khan Achakzai writes letter to ECP seeking postponement of presidential elections​

Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai has written a letter to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) seeking the postponement of presidential elections.

It must be noted that Achakzai is the nominee of Sunni Ittehad Council — the new home of the PTI — for the coveted post of president.

The letter, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, said that the electoral college prescribed for the election of the president under the law and Constitution was “incomplete”. It highlighted that there were some reserved seats in the national and provincial assemblies which were vacant as no one was elected to them.

“[…] If the presidential election is conducted as per the schedule that would be denial of their votes, which otherwise is against the fundamental rights, law and Constitution,” the letter stated.

It pointed out that the completion of the electoral college was not possible unless members on reserved seats were elected.
Achakzai demanded that the presidential elections be delayed or postponed until the complete of the electoral college