ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), a key ruling coalition partner, on Tuesday proposed to the federal government to disband the national and all the provincial assemblies on 8 August.
The federal government and the provincial assemblies of Sindh and Balochistan would complete their 5-year constitutional tenure in August.
During an informal conversation with the journalists in Parliament House, Minister for Commerce and Investments Naveed Qamar said that PPP has suggested the government to disband all assemblies on August 8.
No extention in term of assemblies
Meanwhile, Azam Nazeer Tarar, the Federal Law Minister, said that there would be no extension in the tenure of the National Assembly.
Talking to reporters in Islamabad, he said that the government was committed to hold free and fair polls.
Tarar said taht there are several minor flaws in the Election Act. A parliamentary committee was reviewing the proposal of Free and Fair Election Network, Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and political parties.
He pledged to make public the parliamentary body’s recommendations.
