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Pakistan parliament rejects court order for snap provincial polls

Police officers stand guard outside the Supreme Court to ensure security in Islamabad [File: Anjum Naveed/AP Photo]

Pakistan’s parliament has adopted a resolution rejecting a Supreme Court order to hold snap elections for two provincial legislatures in the country.

The top court had declared the electoral panel’s decision to delay the polls in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces unconstitutional on Tuesday. Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party had dissolved the local governments in those provinces earlier this year.

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