‘General impression’ is that since the ECP is made up of ‘Munshis’ it will not hold provincial elections like it did in Islamabad: Fawad

ISLAMABAD, Feb 12 (SABAH): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior vice president and former minister for information and broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry slammed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for not holding a meeting on Punjab general elections on Sunday despite court orders.

Fawad Chaudhry, in a tweet on Sunday, said: “The Election Commission should have held a meeting today for the polls, don’t make a joke of the Constitution and court orders.”

Further criticising the commission, Fawad Chaudhry claimed that the “general impression” is that since the ECP is made up of “Munshis” ( clerks or personal assistants), it will not hold provincial elections like it did in Islamabad.

“This fiddling with the Constitution will cost the country dearly,” warned the former information minister.

Fawad Chaudhry told the ECP that the Constitution is the only agreed document, and if that is also “trampled, then the state of Pakistan will be in serious danger”.

“Enough is enough, our movement for the supremacy of the Constitution is ready. This movement will start with Jail Bharo [movement] and will continue till the restoration of the Constitution,” said the PTI leader.