The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the delimitation schedule issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for the next general elections.
The petition was filed by former planning minister and PTI Secretary-General Asad Umar. It named the federation, election commission, secretary election commission, statistics department, provincial chief secretaries and cabinet secretary as parties.
On April 11, the electoral body announced the delimitation schedule for the national and provincial assemblies for the next general elections.
In a statement, they announced that no new administrative unit will be formed anywhere in the country.
The chief secretaries and provincial election commissioners are directed to provide required maps and other documents for demarcation work. Documents will be provided from April 11 to April 26. Training of delimitation committees will be conducted from April 20 to April 24. Preliminary delimitations will be published on May 28.
The PTI’s petition prayed that the schedule by the ECP was ‘unconstitutional’ therefore, there was no need for new delimitation till the new census. It has further prayed to validate the delimitation of May 3, 2018.
“[The] election commission and the secretary election commission should be ordered to ensure the election process and prevent any delay in it,” the petition prayed.
