Shehbaz Sharif Announces Parliament Dissolution on August 9


Pakistan's parliament will be dissolved on August 9 by Shehbaz Sharif.

On August 9, three days before the current assembly's term is set to expire, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will dissolve the legislature.

At a dinner gathering held at the Prime Minister's House in honor of Pakistan's ruling coalition, Shehbaz Sharif disclosed the information, according to Dawn.

According to the report, because the National Assembly would be dissolved prematurely, general elections must be held within 90 days.

According to the constitution, elections must be held within 60 days after the assembly's term is over, although this time frame is extended to 90 days in the event of an early dissolution, which would occur in this case.

At the reception, Shehbaz Sharif informed the attendees that the PML-N, which is currently in power, has completed internal consultations. The premier will start a last round of talks with allies on the caretaker set-up on Friday, a procedure that is anticipated to take at least three days.

On Friday, a Zoom conference with allies over the caretaker setup is also anticipated. The source claimed that the prime minister and Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari spoke at length on this matter on Thursday.

At the reception, the prime minister updated his supporters on the coalition government's performance and said that because more than 1.3 million new taxpayers had joined the tax system, revenue collection had climbed by 13% over the previous 15 months.

According to PM Shehbaz, recovery rates in the power industry are still above 90%. However, it should be emphasized that during the past 11 months, the circular debt increased by 18%, or Rs393 billion.

Shehbaz stated that the IT industry has made remarkable development over the past four months and noted that the total amount of IT exhibits increased to $2.6 billion over the previous fiscal year.

He expressed disappointment that total foreign investment for the fiscal year 2022–2023 remained at $1.45 billion while expressing hope that additional foreign investment would be attracted with the creation of the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC).

According to the prime minister, the government has achieved 99% of its objectives with the Rs 1.8 trillion Kissan Package. He said that comprehensive measures had been developed for the well-being of the people and that the administration had prevented the nation from going into default.