Pakistan President Arif Alvi dissolves National Assembly at PM Shehbaz Sharif's advice

Pakistan President Arif Alvi dissolved the National Assembly on Wednesday at outgoing Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharifs advice marking an end to the current governments tenure and paving the way for the next general elections The notification for the dissolution of the assembly was issued by the AiwaniSadr which said the National Assembly was dissolved under Article 58 of the ConstitutionThe Prime Ministers advice at para 6 of the summary is approved President Alvi said in a statement President Dr Arif Alvi dissolved the National Assembly The President dissolved the National Assembly on the advice of the Prime Minister under Article 581 of the Constitution his office posted on social media platform X formerly known as TwitterPakistan Prime Minister Sharif on Wednesday wrote to President Alvi and sought dissolution of the National Assembly three days before the end of its fiveyear constitutional term With the dissolution of the lower house the current governments fiveyear tenure will also end prematurelyLater Parliamentary Affairs Minister Murtaza Javed Abbasi said in a statement that the elected government has completed its fiveyear term and his ministry had forwarded the summary for the dissolution of the assembly to the prime minister under Article 58 of the Constitution Dawn newspaper reported Earlier on Thursday the prime minister also chaired the final meeting of the federal cabinet in IslamabadIn his farewell address at the National Assembly on Wednesday Sharif said Tonight with the permission of the House I will send the advice for the dissolution of the National Assembly to the presidentThe Pakistan Muslim LeagueNawaz PMLNled coalition government would have liked to remain in power for a couple of more days and dissolve Parliament on August 11 but it believes that President Alvi a former leader of jailed former prime minister Imran Khans Pakistan TehreekeInsaf PTI party might refuse to issue a notification immediately for the dissolutionThe advice from Prime Minister Sharif for the dissolution was sent to President Alvi three days before the term of the lower house of Parliament expires President Alvi could have delayed it for 48 hours and after that it would have stood dissolvedSince the assembly has been dissolved before time the Election Commission of Pakistan ECP would hold elections within 90 days If the National Assembly had completed its constitutional term the polls would have been held within 60 days but in case of dissolution before time the elections should be held within 90 daysThe polls are expected to be delayed for a couple of months as new census results have been approved which makes it a constitutional obligation to carry out delimitation before electionsThe ECP is bound to carry out delimitation within 120 days and then announce the election scheduleThough it is technically possible to expedite the process and determine delimitation of constituencies in minimum time and then go for elections within 90 days it is not clear if the ECP would follow the deadline as it has a valid reason to overshoot the deadlineOn the completion of the incumbent governments term I would send a summary to the President of Pakistan for dissolution of the National Assembly by Wednesday and then an interim government will take over Prime Minister Sharif said on Tuesday while addressing a ceremonyThe outgoing assembly was the 15th National Assembly which began its fiveyear journey on August 13 2018 with the election of a speaker and deputy speaker The assembly was elected after an election held on July 25 2018After the dissolution of the National Assembly a process to appoint a caretaker prime minister will begin under Article 224A of the Constitution Prime Minister Sharif and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Raja Riaz will hold consultations to finalise the name of the interim prime ministerIf they failed to agree on the name within three days the matter will go to the parliamentary committee for the appointment of caretaker prime minister Under the law the premier and the opposition leader will send their respective names for the coveted post to the parliamentary committeeThe parliamentary committee will have to finalise the name of the caretaker prime minister within three days or if it too failed to reach a consensus on the name then the Election Commission of Pakistan ECP will pick the caretaker prime minister within two days from the names proposed by the opposition and the governmentIn a statement issued on Wednesday the PTI core committee decided to commemorate the day as the 16month tenure of the Pakistan Democratic Movement PDM government ends tonight The PTI has decided to put forth a detailed analysis of the devastation caused by the PDMled incompetent government before the nation read the statementThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and 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