Govt cements plan to hold elections on 2017 census

In this file photo, taken on July 20, 2019, a tribesman ballot casts his vote in a polling station for provincial elections in Jamrud, a town of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. (AFP/File)

July 18: DAWN reported Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar on Monday clearly indicated that the upcoming general polls would be held on the basis of the 2017 census, prompting a terse response from Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM-P) which demanded fresh delimitations on the basis of the latest census. Read more I