ISLAMABAD, April 26, 2023: Prime Minister Shahbaz Shareef will preside over a consultation session of allies today. The parliamentary leaders of all the allied parties will participate in the session.
According to sources, the meeting will be held today at 12:30pm at the Prime Minister’s House to discuss the current political situation and carve out a plan for the future.
The Prime Minister of Pakistan will consult with alliance leaders regarding the negotiations with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), and the session will also ponder on proposing a date of the upcoming election in Punjab.
It would be worth-while to mention that Supreme Court has also advised the political parties to consult each other, moreover Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari have already expressed their stance in a press conference.
The Supreme Court will be informed about the decisions made during the consultations with alliance parties.
Before Eidul Fitr, a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Munib Akhtar had given the political parties a week to develop a consensus on the date for holding national and provincial elections simultaneously.
The apex court had also directed them to submit a progress report on April 27 about the meeting of political leaders scheduled to be held on April 26.
The bench had issued the directives while hearing petitions seeking elections across the country on the same day, a key demand by the coalition government. However, the PTI is calling for snap polls in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where it had dissolved the assemblies earlier this year.