"President's opinion is important for election date," Legal Expert Kamran Murtaza
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00:00 Kamran Murtaza is with us. Thank you for talking to us.
00:04 Tell us, the discussion has started regarding the elections. What does the law say?
00:09 Giving a date is the job of the election commission but it is subject to the constitution.
00:17 If we go by the constitution, then the president will prevail.
00:22 Will the president give a date or will the election commission give a date?
00:30 The president will give a date but the president will be concerned about the constitution.
00:34 I think it is article 48. I don't remember it exactly.
00:38 I am not in the office. I am at home. Otherwise, I would have looked at the constitution.
00:42 But I think the president will be concerned about it.
00:46 If the election commission says that we need time to make the elections, then what does the law say?
00:56 The president will prevail. Because it is written in the constitution.
01:02 So, if it is said that it will take time, then the president will be the supreme and the president's decision will be accepted.
01:12 The amendment that was passed to the election commission was in the elections act.
01:18 But in that amendment, two words were added. Subject to constitution.
01:27 It is subject to the constitution but it has clarity so that there is no contradiction.
01:34 When clarity is there, then it is subject to the constitution and the president will prevail.
01:41 If it is brought to the fore that there are some issues or we need some more time, then it will not be brought to the fore.
01:51 It will be passed according to the constitution. That is, the date will have to be given within 90 days.
01:56 Obviously.
01:58 Thank you very much. Law expert Kamran Murtaza was with us.
02:02 President of the country Dr. Arif Alvi has written a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja.
02:12 The president has invited the Chief Election Commissioner to meet today or tomorrow for the general election date.
02:17 On 9 August, the National Assembly had a review on the advice of the Prime Minister.
02:21 The President of the country wrote in the letter that the President is bound to set the date of the election in 90 days after the assembly review under Article 48.
02:29 The letter further wrote that the Chief Election Commissioner is invited to meet the President today or tomorrow.
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04:21 The Chief Election Commissioner has been invited to meet tomorrow.
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