Lawyers' convention passed resolution against ECP's decision to postpone polls.

LAHORE -- A resolution that opposed the postponement of the polls by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was passed by the lawyers' convention held in Lahore.

Sources said the lawyers' convention condemned the action of the electoral watchdog to postpone the elections and it demanded the free and fair polls to be held on time while saying the ECP should implement the orders of the court.

It was added the ECP could not go beyond its constitutional domain while urging the judges of the Supreme Court to settle their differences.

The president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Abid Zubairi said the elections needed to be held within 90 days as per the constitution while criticizing the...

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