CNews ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said Wednesday that the National Assembly and the provincial assemblies will complete their tenure and the caretaker governments will hold the general elections with 60 days.
“ For the first time in the history of Pakistan the elected assemblies are completing their tenure,” he said.
The federal caretaker government, the caretaker governments provinces will be formed after November 15, he added.
The general elections will be held in early January next year, in the next crucial step in the nuclear-armed Islamic nation's return to democracy.
Shaukat Aziz said the elections would be staged before January 15 and after the current session of the national parliament finishes.
"Elections would be held in the first part of January," Aziz told reporters during a fast-breaking dinner at his residence.
"The national parliament and provincial assemblies will complete their terms on November 15 and elections will be held 60 days after that," he said.
Aziz insisted Wednesday that January's election would be the next stage of the democratic process.
"With the presidential election held successfully, the first phase of the election process has been completed and now general elections will be held in a transparent and free manner," he said at the Ramadan dinner.
“ For the first time in the history of Pakistan the elected assemblies are completing their tenure,” he said.
The federal caretaker government, the caretaker governments provinces will be formed after November 15, he added.
The general elections will be held in early January next year, in the next crucial step in the nuclear-armed Islamic nation's return to democracy.
Shaukat Aziz said the elections would be staged before January 15 and after the current session of the national parliament finishes.
"Elections would be held in the first part of January," Aziz told reporters during a fast-breaking dinner at his residence.
"The national parliament and provincial assemblies will complete their terms on November 15 and elections will be held 60 days after that," he said.
Aziz insisted Wednesday that January's election would be the next stage of the democratic process.
"With the presidential election held successfully, the first phase of the election process has been completed and now general elections will be held in a transparent and free manner," he said at the Ramadan dinner.
