Pakistan President Alvi announces Punjab and K-P elections on April 9

Islamabad: Pakistan President Arif Alvi on Monday unilaterally announced April 9 as the date for holding elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies, a move slammed by parties of the ruling alliance which asserted that the polls cannot be held on the President's directives.

The provincial assemblies in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa were



dissolved on January 14 and January 18 respectively, before the expiry of their mandated five-year terms on the orders of former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan.

According to the Constitution, elections have to be held within 90 days after the dissolution of the assembly.