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After Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's government refused to provide the necessary funds and polling staff cited financial constraints, Pakistan's election authorities have delayed the election for a crucial regional assembly. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced on Wednesday that the elections for the legislative assembly in the nation's most populous Punjab province, which were scheduled to take place on April 30, will now take place on October 8.

He wrote in a tweet,

 "Today everyone must stand behind the legal community—the judiciary and lawyers—with the expectation that they will protect the constitution."

 Because if this is accepted today, it will mean the end of Pakistan's rule of law.

The poll panel's decision came on the heels of escalating political upheaval in the South Asian country, which has been grappling with a shattered economy on the verge of disaster.

The ECP cited the country's security environment and a lack of funds as major factors for the postponement of the polls.

In January, Khan's Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party suspended the assemblies in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces in an attempt to force the federal government to announce snap national elections.

President Arif Alvi scheduled elections in Punjab for April 30 this month, following a Supreme Court ruling that mandated elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces within 90 days, as required by the constitution.

Pakistan has historically held national and provincial elections at the same time. Sharif and his governing coalition of more than ten parties have stated their desire to hold national and provincial elections on the same day.

Asad Rahim Khan, a Pakistani lawyer turned journalist, branded the ECP's decision to postpone upcoming Punjabi elections a "mockery of the law" and "damaging for democracy" in the country of over 220 million people.

"This now goes beyond voting preferences: the principle - of the freedom to choose one's representative - is at stake," he wrote on Facebook.

              'You have to fight till the very last ball.'

Nevertheless, in a video published hours before the poll panel's announcement on Wednesday, Khan claimed yet again that he was the target of a murder plot.