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Deadlock on Pakistan's next general election date

Deadlock on Pakistan's next general election date
In a bid to end the deadlock on the next general elections in Pakistan President Arif Alvi has invited the country's Chief election commissioner for a meeting to fix an appropriate date to hold the polls. He has proposed a meeting for today or for tomorrow. Pakistan's National Assembly was dissolved on August 9th on the advice of the then prime minister Shehbaz Sharif. This was 3 days before the mandated period now according to Pakistan's Constitution the president is obliged to hold elections within 90 days of an early dissolution.