Delay in elections sure!

Delay in elections sure!

 Delay in elections sure!

The Council of Common Interests has unanimously approved the results of the seventh census in the country in its fiftieth session under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister yesterday, after which the Election Commission is constitutionally bound to conduct new constituencies before the elections. While in spite of continuous assurances from the government constituencies that the elections will be held on time, it is almost certain that the elections will be delayed for several months in case of new constituencies. Due to the fear of postponement of the elections, in the Senate meeting two days ago, former Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani and Federal Minister Shireen Rehman opposed the holding of elections on the new census. Senator Shireen Rehman had insisted on holding elections based on the old census and old constituencies due to the reservations found in Sindh about the new census, but in the meeting of the Council of Common Interests, not only the results of the new census were discussed. Unanimously approved Rather, the entire process of the census has been praised by expressing complete satisfaction on these results. According to media reports, the four chief ministers and representatives of all political parties have fully agreed with the results of the census. The Prime Minister said that the first digital census in Pakistan was successfully completed which is welcome, the provincial governments and the Statistical Institute played a very important role in this process. Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said that the officers of the Ministry, especially the Enumerators and door-to-door enumerators deserve credit for the successful completion of the digital census. Officials of the Ministry of Planning and the Bureau of Statistics gave a detailed briefing on the results of the census to the participants of the meeting. A senior official of the Election Commission in response to a question about the position of the Election Commission after the approval of the final census results by the Council of Common Interests. The main legal complication is that a constitutional amendment is necessary to determine the share of provinces in the National Assembly as per the new census, while this is not possible in a caretaker set-up. The federal law minister has apparently said for the same reason that the seats of the provinces in the National Assembly will not be re-determined. However, it is expected that this decision made by consensus in the Council of Common Interests would have been made in view of national interests, including the completion of the IMF's standby arrangement of three billion dollars in nine months and economic recovery by friendly countries. Ensuring participation in the projects of

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