{"id":33526,"date":"2023-12-09T20:23:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T20:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pml-ns-amir-muqam-suggests-2-4-week-poll-delay-due-to-prevalent-security-weather-condition-threat\/"},"modified":"2023-12-09T20:23:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T20:23:05","slug":"pml-ns-amir-muqam-suggests-2-4-week-poll-delay-due-to-prevalent-security-weather-condition-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pml-ns-amir-muqam-suggests-2-4-week-poll-delay-due-to-prevalent-security-weather-condition-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"PML-N\u2019s Amir Muqam suggests \u20182-4 week\u2019 poll delay due to prevalent security, weather condition threat"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PML-N Khyber Pakhtunkhwa President Amir Muqam on Saturday suggested that the upcoming February 8 general elections should be delayed by two to four weeks due to the prevalent security threat and the weather conditions of the tribal belt on election day.<\/p>\n

Last month, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and President Arif Alvi had agreed on February 8, 2024 as the date for polls. Meanwhile, caretaker Inter\u00adior Minister Sarfraz Ahmed Bugti a day ago had emphasised the government\u2019s readiness to ensure peaceful general elections but at the same time acknowledged the terrorist threats<\/a> faced by political leaders in the run-up to the polls, highlighting a general threat to political figures, with a specific alert for Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman.<\/p>\n

Last week, KP Governor Ghulam Ali had also said it was difficult to carry out political activities<\/a> in parts of KP and Balochistan due to the security situation.<\/p>\n

Talking about the matter during an interview on Dawn News<\/em> show InFocus<\/em>, Muqam said the current situation in KP was nothing new, referring to the security situation in 2008 and 2013, saying that despite that, elections were still held.<\/p>\n

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