Jamaat-e-Islami Senator Challenges "Unconstitutional" Election Postponement resolution in Senate

Islamabad,
Jamaat-e-Islami Senator Mushtaq Ahmed has lodged a counter-resolution in the Senate, vehemently opposing the recent decision to postpone elections. Describing the resolution as a violation of the constitution, Ahmed asserts that such a move is beyond the Senate's authority. He argues that conducting elections is a constitutional mandate entrusted to the caretaker government and the Election Commission, in alignment with a recent Supreme Court directive.

Senator Mushtaq Ahmed expressed deep concern, emphasizing that the postponement of the February 8 election, purportedly due to law and order concerns and adverse weather conditions, is unconstitutional. He condemned the resolution, submitting a countermeasure to the Senate Secretariat on the same day. Ahmed accused the caretaker government and undemocratic forces of evading the electoral process, suggesting that delaying the election would play into their hands.

The resolution forewarns of severe repercussions on the country's politics, democracy, constitutionalism, unity, and integrity if the election is postponed. The Senate now grapples with both internal dissent and external legal challenges, as the constitutional debate intensifies.