TIL Desk/World/Islamabad/ Political parties in Pakistan are scrambling to make nominations for the keys posts ahead of the August 15 deadline for the first session of the national and provincial assemblies. Under the Constitution, the first session should be called within 21 days of elections.
As the elections were held on July 25, it means that the national assembly and provincial assemblies should meet on or before August 15. Federal Law Minister Ali Zafar said last week that the caretaker wants to complete the transfer of power by August 15. All the political parties as well as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) are working hard to meet the deadline. The ECP will issue the list of elected members today after they submit the details of expenditures.
An official of the ECP said that the process of notification and allocation of women and minority seats will be completed by August 9 and then president can call the session of the national assembly and governors can summon provincial assemblies. The parliamentary committee of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, which emerged as the single largest party in the July 25 elections, is meeting today to formally nominate him as prime minister.
