*ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has refutedmedia reports of issuing any statement regarding general elections.*
In a statement on Tuesday, the ECP said that it hasn’t issued any statementto media, expressing its inability to conduct general elections withinthree months.
Earlier the Dawn News carried a statement attributed to the ECP saying thatit was not possible for the Commission to hold general elections in 90 daystime frame.
The Dawn News said that according to a Senior Official of the ECP, various‘legal hitches and procedural challenges’ were the reasons for the ECP torequire six months for making preparations for the polls.
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“Fresh delimitation of constituencies, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwawhere the number of seats had been increased under the 26th Amendment, andbringing district- and constituency-wise electoral rolls in conformity werethe major challenges,” the daily reported citing the ECP Official.
