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PPP stage National Assembly walk-out
ISLAMABAD: Parliamentarians from the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) staged a walk-out during the National Assembly session in protest of the presidential election date being pushed forward to July 30 from August 6.
Speaking on the floor prior to the walk out, PPP leader Ameen Faheem said his party would end the boycott if the election was held on its original date of August 6.
Over in the Senate, Raza Rabbani who was the PPP nominee for the presidential election said under the constitution, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was to announce the date for the election. Rabbani added that the ECP could not exercise its independence despite the 18th and 20th amendments.
On a petition filed by PML-N chairman Raja Zafarul Haq, the Supreme Court directed the ECP to hold the presidential election on July 30. The petition stated that some parliamentarians would not be able to vote as they would performing Ummrah or ‘Aitekaf’ (seclusion for prayer)
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