Author: Alisha Hussain
Publisher: Hamza Rajput
Designer: Umer
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal said on Tuesday that the next general elections will be held in October 2023 based on the results of the 7th Computerized Population and Housing Census 2022.
Addressing digital media influencers, the minister said that the last general elections were held on the basis of the old census, and Sindh has conditionally agreed to hold elections in 2023 on the basis of the new digital census…
The minister recalled that former Prime Minister Imran Khan supported the decision of the Council of Common Interests (CII) to conduct the next elections on the basis of the new digital census.
Pakistan conducted its latest census in 2017 after a gap of 20 years, and the results were immediately challenged as several political factions alleged that the authorities manipulated population figures in some districts for political purposes. Manipulated. I manipulated.
"A new general election will be held in October 2023 based on the results of the digital census," Iqbal said while inaugurating a census training program in Islamabad, detailing the "digital" methods of head counting. said I announced to go without.
“The results of the census will come in April and the Election Commission will then delimit the constituencies.”
The minister said an election based on the results of the last census would be controversial, given that the government in southern Sindh province had reservations over it.
“The new census will reveal the truth about population,” he added. “For the census, Rs13.5 billion are being given to NADRA (National Database and Registration Authority), whereas, in total, Rs34 billion will be spent on the census.”
The minister asked the PTI to return to the legislature and participate in the electoral reform process in order to secure a free, fair, and transparent general election.
He said that in the context of the upcoming general elections, the country cannot afford another political crisis, and stability and continuity in policy is needed to move in the right direction.
