ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday night suspended a ruling of the Lahore High Court and directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to announce the schedule of the February 2024 general election at once (today).
The apex court earlier called the chief election commissioner in the wake of an order by the LHC issued in a petition filed by the PTI against the training of deputy commissioners as the district returning officers. As a consequence, the ECP had suspended the ongoing training of the DROs and delayed the issuance of the election schedule.
Under the law, the schedule has to be released 54 days before holding of the elections. Hence, there was an uncertainty about the elections set to be held on Feb 8.
The ECP today filed an appeal against the LHC ruling in the Supreme Court which was taken up on an emergency basis by a bench headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa. The court later suspended the LHC verdict and directed the ECP to issue the election schedule at once.
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