Pakistan to go to polls on February 11
India TV NewsPakistan has finally announced the long-awaited dates for the upcoming general elections, as the Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the polls will be held on February 11. Ali Zafar, the counsel for ex-PM Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf highlighted President Alvi proposing the polls to be held by November 6 to the Chief Election Commissioner. Since the National Assembly was dissolved three days before the end of its constitutional term, the Pakistani Constitution mandates that elections be held within 90 days of the dissolution of the assembly by November 7. However, the Elections Act states that “the commission shall delimit constituencies after every census is officially published.” President Arif Alvi assented to the premature dissolution of the National Assembly on August 5, paving the way for an interim government to take place.