Amid the widening gulf between the ruling alliance and the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) over the polls delay issue and the party’s efforts to force the incumbents to announce snap polls, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called another cabinet meeting in Islamabad today (Tuesday).
The meeting has been called on the day when the supreme court will announce its verdict in the elections delay case. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will preside over the meeting, which will be held at Parliament House at 1:00pm.
According to the sources, the country’s overall political situation and the apex court’s verdict on elections in the two provinces would come under discussion.
Cabinet meeting on Monday
Earlier, last night, the federal cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, approved withdrawal of the services of the Supreme Court Registrar Ishrat Ali, on the letter written by Supreme Court Puisine Judge Justice Qazi Faiz Isa. The cabinet members reviewed the circular issued by Justice Isa to Supreme Court Registrar.
The sources said that PM Sharif convened the emergency federal cabinet meeting today to discuss a single-point agenda; Supreme Court of the Pakistan verdict on elections case pertaining to Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
Earlier Monday, the PM raised questions over “double accountability standards” and said that court decisions provide relief to those who are creating political unrest in the country. He presided over a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz parliamentary meeting at Parliament House here to discuss matters related to the political and legal conflict in the country.
