Will all elections take place same day this time?

ISLAMABAD -- The fear of economic default of the country has perhaps fallen back to second priority in the political discourse after the 'surprise' by PTI Chairman Imran Khan to practically pushing Chief Ministers of Punjab and KPK to dissolve their assemblies. Though the economic wizards from ruling clique for the last five months are arguing not to let the country's economy at the lowest ebb, yet conducting elections in two assemblies [Punjab and KPK] emerges as a big challenge with the current economic situation. The reports suggest that the cost of holding general polls has increased manifold during the last decade. The top electoral watchdog [ECP] has also estimated Rs22 billion for conducting elections only for one provincial assembly. It is believed that the dissolution of two assemblies [Punjab and KPK] will turn the country into the election mode. The difference of conducting early polls in these two assemblies could be for over two months, the political constitutional experts believed. It might also be for the first time in the country, in case of dissolution of the two assemblies, when the general polls would not be held at the same time in all the assemblies including national Assembly.

The article 224 of the Constitution clearly refers that general polls would mean that conducting the elections for the seats of both the national Assembly as well as the four provincial assemblies simultaneously. The main purpose of this political gimmick by dissolving the...