The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) on Tuesday adjourned the Punjab assembly election delay case till Wednesday while stating that the rights of millions of people in the country are linked to polls.
During the hearing of the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) petition to revisit the April 4 SC ruling that elections be held in May, SC Justice Munib Akhtar said that holding elections within 90 days of dissolution of assemblies “is in public interest”.
On April 4, the SC had ordered the government and the ECP to hold elections for Punjab assembly on May 14 but both institutions said this would not be possible due to shortage of resources, including funds and manpower.
The bench hearing the plea on Tuesday comprised of Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial and Justices Ijazul Ahsan and Munib Akhtar.
Chief Justice Bandial said “I think the PTI has not submitted its response yet”.
ECP counsel Sajeel Shehryar Swati stated that ECP had yet not received the responses of PTI or any other political party.
After this, the case was adjourned till Wednesday.
