Khursheed Shah urges Parliament to remove loopholes in election laws

ISLAMABAD, Apr 19 (APP):Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah on Thursday urged the Parliament to remove loopholes in the election laws for ensuring timely general election in the country.
In a statement, elaborating the loopholes, he said the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had announced to issue final notification of the delimitation of the new constituencies on May 4, whereas, as per sections 22 of election laws 120 day are required for holding elections after the completion of delimitation process.
But on the other hand, Khursheed Shah said that it is necessary to conduct general election within 60 days after the completion of tenure of the incumbent government.
“If the tenure of the present government is completed on June 1, then the elections should be conducted on August 1 which is impossible in presence of section 22, adding that if we can see the section 22, general election is not possible before September 4.”
Meanwhile, Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani and senior Leader of Pakistan Muslim League Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi met with the Leader of Opposition in his Chamber.
Leader of Opposition in Senate Sherry Rehman, Senator Farooq H Naek and Tariq Bashir Cheema were also present during the meeting.
Khursheed Shah and Pervaiz Elahi discussed the name for the slot of caretaker prime minister.
Pervaiz Elahi said that suitable and reputed persons should be appointed as a caretaker prime minister.
Khursheed Shah hoped that the name of caretaker prime minister will be final by May 15.