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Pakistans parliament on Thursday rejected a Supreme Court order to conduct provincial snap polls, in the latest move in a power struggle between the government and the top court amid political and economic instability.
The top court had on Tuesday ruled illegal the governments move to delay the snap polls in two provinces where former prime minister Imran Khan had dissolved his local governments earlier this year.
The speaker, in a live broadcast, said a motion was adopted by a majority of lawmakers to reject the court decision by a three member panel headed by the chief justice and to demand a full court panel consisting of all judges hear the case.
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The courts Tuesday order said that the elections in two provinces should go ahead despite government reluctance to hold the votes now as it struggles with an economic crisis and a political challenge from the opposition.
It gave a date of May 14 for voting in Pakistans largest and most prosperous Punjab province, and a pending date for voting in the northwestern Khyber Pakkhtunkhawa province due to some technical issues.
The government and judiciary have been at odds over cases related to political-wrangling, and parliament last week introduced a draft law to clip the chief justices powers.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharifs government has been saying the countrys poor economic condition didnt allow spending on the snap polls and then on a general elections due later this year.
Khans Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and its allies had dissolved the provincial governments, hoping that it would force Sharifs government to hold snap polls across the country, his longstanding demand since he was ousted a year ago.
Separately, Law Minister Azam Tarar said that a full court bench should be set up to look at the issue of elections and give a single date for the general elections in the country.
The resolution has laid bare the political fault lines and threat of further instability in the country as the tussle between the judiciary and executive has also drawn the parliament in it.
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