Pakistan will hold parliamentary elections at the end of January, delaying a vote due in November
Associated PressISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s election oversight body announced on Thursday that it will hold the next parliamentary elections in the last week of January, delaying the vote which was to be held in November under the constitution. Pakistan has been in deepening political turmoil since April 2022, when then-Prime Minister Imran Khan was removed from office through a parliamentary vote of no confidence. Also in August, Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi on the advice of former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif dissolved parliament at the completion of its five-year term, normally the trigger to start the process of holding elections within 90 days. Kakar said Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf opposition party had not been banned and it could field candidates in the election.