KP governor follows ECP's lead on poll date.

PESHAWAR -- Taking a cue from the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) move to postpone general elections in Punjab until October 8, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa GoverAAnor Ghulam Ali on Friday proposed the same date for holding of elections in his province as well.

On the same day when the governor wrote to the ECP, President Dr Arif Alvi also wrote a letter to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, asking him and all the relevant executive authorities of the federal and provincial governments to assist the commission in holding elections in both provinces, in compliance with Supreme Court's March 1 order.

The SC had ruled that elections in KP and Punjab should be held within 90 days, after the dissolution of provincial assemblies in January, or on a date that 'deviates to the barest minimum' from the constitutional deadline.

The KP governor, in his fourth letter to the ECP - seen by Dawn - invited the commission's attention to several militant attacks, including cross-border firing in North Waziristan, an IED blast on an army vehicle in Kohat and a heavy exchange of fire with terrorists in South Waziristan.

The governor also mentioned the recent attack on a police station...