Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023
Rights of millions of people linked to elections, says SC’s Justice Akhtar

ISLAMABAD, MAY 22: Supreme Court’s Justice Munib Akhtar said on Tuesday that the rights of millions of people in the country were linked to elections and stressed that the public interest was in holding polls within 90 days. “The rights of the people of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are connected to elections,” he remarked. The judge passed these remarks as a three-member bench heard the Election Commission of Pakistan’s petition asking the top court to revisit its April 4 order of holding polls to the Punjab Assembly on May 14.Read More