Federal minister rules out general elections before August next year.

After PTI Chairman Imran Khan declared his party and allies would resign from the parliament, Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal ruled out the possibility of general elections in Pakistan before August 2023. Instead of continuing his long march to Islamabad, the former prime minister stated that his party would soon be resigning from all national assemblies, including those in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where the party is in power. Speaking to the media, he stated that” programme, the minister said, “As far as elections are concerned, even PTI knows that early elections aren’t possible in the country as it will take about 6-8 months for rehabilitation works to complete in Sindh and Balochistan — the provinces heavily affected by floods.”