Naveed says govt proposed to dissolve all assemblies on Aug 8

ISLAMABAD: Federal Commerce Minister Naveed Qamar has said that the government has been proposed to dissolve all assemblies on August 8.

He said this while having informal talk at Parliament House, here on Tuesday.

Naveed observed that the decision to dissolve the assemblies has to be taken by the federal government, adding that the PPP wants electoral reforms before elections.

He said that the supervisory setup should not go beyond the constitutional period in any case, adding that no further expansion is supported in the current situation.

“We will not back down from our principled stand on legislation on expansion in the current assembly,” Naveed said.

He urged that consensus among political parties is necessary on electoral reforms, electoral reforms like the RTS system are important issues.

Earlier on Monday, President of Pakistan Peoples Party Gilgit chapter and former opposition leader Amjad Hussain Advocate has resigned from his party membership.

Hussain in his resignation said that he was fed up with the political situation and submitting his resignation to the Assembly Speaker.

He said that he had informed the party chairman about his decision to resign from the assembly membership.

It is pertinent to mention here, the election for the Gilgit-Baltistan chief minister was postponed as the Supreme Appellate Court issued stay order on a petition filed by a lawmaker.

The election was earlier scheduled to be held at 3pm on Wednesday but heavy contingent of police reached the assembly secretariat before the polling and sealed the building.