Under Pakistan's constitution, a neutral caretaker government oversees national elections, which must be held within 90 days of the dissolution of the parliament's lower house.
and opposition leader Raja Riaz agreed on Saturday, August 12, to name Senator Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar as caretaker premier to oversee elections, the prime minister’s office said.
“The prime minister and leader of opposition have jointly signed the advice which will be sent to the president for approval,” the statement said.Under Pakistan’s constitution, a neutral caretaker government oversees national elections, which must be held within 90 days of the dissolution of the parliament’s lower house – which in this instance means early November.
The election commission has to draw new boundaries for hundreds of federal and provincial constituencies and, based on that, it will give an election date.His mineral-rich home province of Balochistan is Pakistan’s largest by size, but smallest by population, and has been a hotbed for a violent nationalist insurgency for decades.
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