by M A Niazi in Pakistan Today, Jan 20, 2023“When the Assembly is dissolved, you get a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach. You are faced with another election.” Thus spoke a Punjab MPA in 1990, when reacting to the dissolution of the Punjab Assembly. That member never made it back to the Assembly. That dissolution had come after President Ghulam Ishaq Khan had used his powers under Article 58 (2-b) of the…
That sinking feeling: An election that no one wants?
by M A Niazi in Pakistan Today, Jan 20, 2023“When the Assembly is dissolved, you get a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach. You are faced with another election.” Thus spoke a Punjab MPA in 1990, when reacting to the dissolution of the Punjab Assembly. That member never made it back to the Assembly. That dissolution had come after President Ghulam Ishaq Khan had used his powers under Article 58 (2-b) of the…