Pakistan: Elections may be put off if SC admits Qadri’s petition

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Barrister Aitizaz Ahsan while talking to reporters said that if Supreme Court (SC) decides to take up the petition filed by Tehreek Minhajul Quran (TMQ) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri, elections may be postponed, a private TV channel reported. On Thursday TMQ chief had filed a petition in SC seeking reconstitution of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and appointment of a new chief election commissioner which the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) had termed would be unconstitutional. Aitzaz Ahsad said, speaking to reporters outside SC, that constitutionally it was not possible to remove any member of the present commission and form a new election commission. He alleged that Qadri was moving in another direction while leaving the agreement reached to hold the sit-in staged near Parliament House in Islamabad.