President gives April 30 date for Punjab elections against constitution: Khuhro.

LARKANA -- PPP Sindh President Senator Nisar Ahmed Khuhro said in a statement on Wednesday that constitutionally, elections were mandatory within 90 days after the dissolution of the assemblies. The Punjab Assembly was dissolved on January 14 and the KPK Assembly on January 18, adding the President gave the 30th April date for Punjab elections after expiry of 90 days deadline against the constitution and the approval is a step against the constitution then why is the Supreme Court silent on the violation of the constitution?

He said that the question is whether the Supreme Court has given permission to the President to take steps against the Constitution regarding elections. He said that what was the intention of the chief ministers in dissolving the Punjab and KPK assemblies in the court's suo moto notice? and why the Court has not seen that point, he asked.

He said that the Chief Minister of any province could dissolve the provincial assembly if the law and order situation in the province was out of control and the members of the assembly did not have confidence in the Chief Minister adding in that time Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi had also received the vote of confidence. He said that Punjab and KPK Assemblies had been dissolved under the intention of Imran Khan to push the country towards crisis and the court had not seen the constitutional justification and intention behind the dissolution of both the assemblies.

He said that according to the constitution, the elections have to be held in 90 days, so is the date of April 30 constitutional? Why is the Supreme Court silent on this? He said that if the elections can be held late after the constitutional period of 90 days, then why can't the elections of the national and all the provincial assemblies in the country be held on the same day?

Khuhro further said that conducting the elections of the two provincial assemblies based on...