When will the election be held?
When will the election be held?
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00:00 Today, the Supreme Court Bar Association has issued a petition to the Supreme Court
00:04 and has requested that the elections in the country be held within 90 days.
00:09 And there was a meeting of the Council of Common Interest in which two ministers were present.
00:15 They have asked to cancel this meeting as they were not representatives.
00:18 That meeting is illegal and unlawful.
00:20 In this regard, they have also said in the petition that whatever happened in KP and Punjab should not happen here.
00:27 And after that, you saw that the whole matter went on in the High Court of Islamabad.
00:32 Regarding Shariara Freedy and Shandana Gulzar, we will talk in detail about the decision of Justice Babur Sattar.
00:41 We have invited Ahmed Pansota in our program.
00:44 Thank you very much, Mr. Pansota.
00:46 This petition has been filed in the Supreme Court.
00:49 Obviously, there is only one question under discussion nowadays.
00:52 That is, whether the elections in the country will be held on time or not.
00:55 And there are questions being asked from all sides.
00:58 We need a firm belief and an answer.
01:01 The Election Commission is silent.
01:03 Today, a meeting was held there.
01:04 It was expected that they would give a time frame, but they did not give any time frame.
01:08 So, first comment on this petition that how seriously you expect that the Supreme Court can take it.
01:14 Considering that the decision to have elections in Punjab, you know, two decisions are already in the field.
01:21 Yes, Mr. Pansota.
01:23 First of all, I will add two questions to the question you framed.
01:27 Firstly, since it is written in the constitution that elections will be held on a certain time frame,
01:31 so, what elections will be held?
01:32 And secondly, since it was not done earlier, is there a constitution in this country?
01:35 These are two very strange questions that are being asked in Pakistan.
01:38 The constitution of Pakistan has gone to the back seat nowadays, so, it is not there.
01:42 Mr. Pansota, you know that the decision of 4-3 and 3-2, even the judges did not agree to that decision.
01:47 That will be a long debate, but you tell us about this petition.
01:52 Sir, at this time, the position of the Pakistani constitution and the Supreme Court's judgment is categorically clear
02:00 that the elections have to be conducted within the stipulated time frame, which is called our constitution.
02:05 The Supreme Court Bar Association filed this petition and you can say that it is either a reminder or stating the obvious.
02:12 Not that the Supreme Court's judgment will make any difference, as it has done to the previous government.
02:17 I expect that our interim government will take it very seriously.
02:22 And now, the role of the Election Commission has been decided under the Supreme Court judgment.
02:27 So, I think they will take it seriously.
02:30 By the way, the way they were treated in the court two-three days ago,
02:36 it did not seem that there will be elections for the next 10-15 years.
02:40 But, we expect that at least the constitution, the mandates and the confines of the constitution will be sticked.
02:48 Otherwise, I think the first thing to do is to wrap up the constitution and bring a different system and run it accordingly.
02:56 Okay, let's move ahead Mr. Pansota.
02:59 Hassan or Mr. Chaudhary, you have to ask questions about the election, otherwise we will leave.
03:04 The question about the petition is that, now the case will be taken up.
03:10 In case, if there is a bench constitute on this,
03:13 many people are giving this advice to Chief Justice Umar Tabandiyal on social media,
03:17 that you put the famous Chief Justice, Justice Qazi Faiza, in this first test.
03:23 So that, what decision he makes, that elections should be held on the 9th day or not,
03:28 or two ministers of the Consul of Common Interest are sitting,
03:32 so will his decision be a mirror image or will it be a non-mirror image?
03:37 So, do you think that such a bench constitute should be given, whose advice is being given by Justice Qazi Faiza?
03:43 Or should our judiciary take the influence of social media?
03:48 No, no, social media or no social media, I will ask this question.
03:51 Mr. Hassan's point is absolutely correct.
03:52 Qazi sahab should make a bench constitute and Qazi sahab should take his view on this.
03:57 And I think it will be very interesting if he gives a converse view on this,
04:02 what is the view in the Consul of Common Interest.
04:04 But will Qazi sahab make a bench constitute?
04:06 He is not in the mood to sit on any bench.
04:09 He expects that till the time practice and procedure will be decided.
04:12 Yes, he is talking about practice and procedure.
04:13 I have taken a stand on this but he is not in the mood to make a bench constitute.
04:17 If Qazi sahab can make a bench constitute, then I think it will be a very good bench.
04:20 I have taken this very good advice and I hope that the advice will move ahead with the progress of our program.
04:25 Mr. Chaudhary, you can also ask questions.
04:27 What questions to ask?
04:29 There are questions but no one has the answer.
04:32 No, no, ask.
04:33 Who will get the elections done?
04:35 In the first day of the 9th,
04:36 after that who will guarantee the free, fair, impartial election of the Election Commission?
04:44 And number three,
04:45 the hide and handliness that is happening here, the destruction has been destroyed.
04:49 The country's authorities, instead of doing their job, are involved in revengeful activities.
04:55 Police and administration, who will stop them?
04:58 So, Mr. Ahmed, give me an answer.
05:01 People think that the party is over.
05:06 The chairman and other party members will remain in jail till the end of the day.
05:12 So, what is your view?
05:14 As far as free and fair elections are concerned,
05:17 it may not be possible in our system, but if it is reasonably free and fair,
05:21 I think it will be a very good thing.
05:23 I think it is not possible for our region to have absolutely free and fair elections.
05:29 It is already a situation.
05:32 As far as political victimization is concerned,
05:35 the previous federal government and the provincial governments have worked.
05:38 I think the new interim government should try
05:43 to destroy that impression and completely dispel it.
05:47 Otherwise, people will not have the faith in the electoral process,
05:52 which should be there.
05:54 People should be allowed to be PMLN,
05:57 or any political party, to keep their manifesto ahead.
06:00 And people should vote for them.
06:02 Only then will it come.
06:03 Because if we run an interim set-up for as long as we want,
06:05 whether it is an economic issue or anything else,
06:07 it cannot get the credence that it should get.
06:09 Even if they fix it, it will be for a very artificial and short time.
06:13 The government that comes with a mandate can do this work and take the responsibility.
06:17 Let's move on.
06:18 Mr. Pansoda, today you saw that Justice Babar Sattar heard a case in the Islamic High Court.
06:24 This is a famous MPO.
06:26 First, tell us the history of MPO,
06:28 since when is this MPO continuing in the subcontinent,
06:31 and how many more centuries will it remain with us.
06:33 And after that, the city of Yarafridi,
06:38 and the order regarding Shandana Gulzar Sahiba has also come,
06:41 to release her.
06:42 And the allegations against her,
06:44 that Mr. Babar was sitting in jail and running the whole affair,
06:47 and was planning to attack.
06:49 A very strange kind of chargesheet was put on her.
06:53 We will ask you questions on this after the break.