Pakistan’s election oversight body has announced that it will hold the next parliamentary elections in the last week of January, delaying the vote which was to be held in November under the constitution.
Pakistan’s electoral map is being redrawn to reflect the latest census. In a brief statement, the election commission said a final list of constituencies would be published on Nov. 30.Also in August, Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi on the advice of former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif dissolved parliament at the completion of its five-year term, normally the trigger to start the process of holding elections within 90 days.
Since August, Khan, a highly popular 70-year-old former cricket star, has been held at the Attock prison in eastern Punjab province when he was sentenced and convicted of concealing assets he amassed by selling state gifts.Pakistan bars anyone with a criminal conviction from leading a political party, standing in elections or holding public office.
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