The Supreme Court ordered on Wednesday that President Arif Alvi should announce the date of the Punjab Assembly election, while the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) governor would set the election date of the provincial assembly in consultation with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). It ordered the K-P governor to announce the date for the polls after consulting the ECP. It added that it was the duty of the provincial caretaker governments to proactively provide all aid and assistance required by the ECP. The verdict was split 3-2 with Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail dissenting with the majority. The bench led by Chief Justice Bandial concluded the two-day-long proceedings in the suo motu case on Tuesday.
