Opposition politicians fear a caretaker administration to be set up to oversee the vote could mean polling day is pushed back by months. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ISLAMABAD - A general election in Pakistan due later this year will be based on a new census, the law minister said on Saturday, indicating the vote could be delayed.
Mr Sharif’s tenure expires on Aug 12. The caretaker government will take over from him to hold the elections in a maximum of three months.after a court sentenced him to three years in prison for illegally selling state gifts, potentially barring the former cricket star from contesting the election. The law minister, Mr Azam Nazeer Tarar, told Geo News TV that it could take about four months to complete the census and draw new constituency boundaries.
“It is going to make things very complicated,” he said, adding the new census means new constituency boundaries will be needed across the country.
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