Imran Khan to contest all 33 parliamentary seats in upcoming Pak bypolls

Pakistan’s ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan is about to contest all 33 parliamentary seats within the bypolls to be held in March.

Imran Khan will probably be Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s sole candidate in all 33 parliamentary seats, the occasion mentioned. (File picture)

By Press Trust of India: Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan will contest all 33 parliamentary seats within the bypolls to be held in March, his occasion has introduced.

Addressing a press convention right here on Sunday night, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) vice-chairman and former overseas minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi mentioned the choice was taken throughout the occasion’s core committee assembly.

“Imran Khan will be PTI’s sole candidate in all 33 parliamentary seats. The decision was taken in the party’s core committee meeting which was presided over by Khan at Zaman Park Lahore on Sunday,” Qureshi mentioned.

On Friday, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) introduced that bypolls to 33 seats of the National Assembly will held on March 16.

Khan’s occasion had give up the National Assembly, the decrease home of Pakistan parliament, en masse following his ouster from energy in April final in a parliamentary vote of no-confidence.

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However, Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf didn’t settle for the resignations and mentioned he wanted to individually confirm if the lawmakers had been resigning of their very own accord.

Last month, the speaker accepted the resignations of 35 PTI lawmakers, after which the ECP de-notified them.

Subsequently, the speaker additionally accepted one other 35 (and ECP de-notified them), and the remaining 43 resignations of PTI lawmakers after Khan introduced returning to the National Assembly to place Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to the check of a vote of confidence.

The ECP has but to de-notify 43 PTI lawmakers. If the ECP de-notifies the remaining 43 PTI lawmakers, Khan’s occasion can be just about worn out of the National Assembly.

In October final yr, Khan contested eight parliamentary seats after the speaker accepted 11 resignations of the PTI lawmakers. Khan gained six of them.

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The federal coalition of 9 events (Pakistan Democratic Movement) has mentioned it may not participate within the bypolls. If the PDM sticks to its choice the PTI might seize all seats with none drawback.

Of the 33 bypolls in decrease home seats, 12 will probably be held in Punjab province, eight in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, three in Islamabad, 9 in Sindh, and one in Balochistan.

Earlier this month, Khan’s PTI additionally dissolved the provincial assemblies in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces the place his occasion was in energy, to push the Shehbaz Sharif authorities to name for snap polls.

The PTI has already moved the courtroom towards the caretaker chief minister governor for not giving the election date in Punjab. After the dissolution of an meeting, the caretaker setup has to carry polls inside 90 days beneath the structure.

Qureshi has mentioned it might transfer the excessive courtroom in KP towards the governor and caretaker chief minister for not giving an election date within the province.

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Jan 30, 2023