Islamabad, 10 Aug : Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif recommended the dissolution of the National Assembly, around midnight on Wednesday.
He submitted the recommendation letter to President Arif Alvi. The path of general elections has been cleared with the recommendation. The participation of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in the election is under suspicion. The term of the Shahbaz-led government is scheduled to end on August 12.
Shahbaz Sharif ended the term of his government barely three days earlier to derive advantage of the rules. The rules say that elections should be held within 90 days if the government is dissolved before completion of the term. The period for conducting elections is 60 days if the government completes the term.
The last general elections were held in 2018 when Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tahrik-e-Insaf (PTI)was elected to power. Imran Khan was removed from power through a no-confidence motion, after the military levelled allegations against him in 2022. Later Imran Khan was jailed with charges of corruption. Imran Khan has also been declared ineligible to contest elections for the next five years. He has moved the Islamabad High Court against the trial court’s decision.
