Army Chief General Asim Munir has said in an event held with the Pakistani-American community during his visit to America that the general elections in the country will be held on February 8, 2024. Due to logistics, the elections may be moved back and forth by a few days, but this is not an election now. Will stop.
According to the report of the American organization “Voice of America”, he added that the elections will be held before the Senate elections in March.
The report further stated that Pakistan’s Army Chief General Asim Munir, who is on a US visit, said that general elections will be held in the country before March.
According to the report, Tahir Javed, the former Minister of Investments of the Caretaker Government of Pakistan and a Pakistani-American entrepreneur who participated in the ceremony held at the Embassy of Pakistan in Washington DC on December 14, in an exclusive interview with Aram Abbasi for Voice of America. According to the army chief, the elections may be moved back and forth for a few days due to logistics, but these elections will not stop now, and in any case, they will be held before the Senate elections in March.
Apart from this, General Asim Munir also discussed topics like economy, terrorism, IT and agriculture in detail, and appreciated the services of Pakistanis living in America.
The Voice of America report further said that this statement of the Army Chief was also confirmed by Tanveer Ahmed, another businessman from Texas who participated in the event.
The Army Chief commended Tanveer Ahmed for his services by presenting a certificate for donating $9 million to the National University of Science and Technology in Pakistan.
It should be noted that the Election Commission of Pakistan had released the general election schedule, according to which the general elections will be held across the country on February 8, 2024.
According to the announcement made by the Election Commission, the returning officers will issue notices on December 19, after which the candidates will be able to submit nomination papers from December 20 to 22 and the list of candidates’ names will be released by December 23.
It was informed in this regard that from January 1 to December 24 to December 30, the returning officers will scrutinize the nomination papers and on January 3, 2024, the appeals will be heard on the acceptance and rejection of the papers.
It should be noted that on December 10, Army Chief General Syed Asim Munir left for America on his first visit as the Chief of Army Staff.
In the statement issued by the spokesperson of the Pakistan Army, it was further stated that this is the first visit of General Asim Munir to the US as Army Chief.
Yesterday (December 20), according to a press release issued by the Public Relations Department of the Pakistan Army (ISPR), General Asim Munir in the United States during a special conversation with prominent American think tanks and media members discussed Pakistan’s strategic stability in South Asia. Highlighted the point of view.
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2024-08-19 16:02:31
