Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar gestures during a news conference to announce the economic survey of fiscal year 2016-2017, in Islamabad, Pakistan, May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood
Pakistan
Pakistan supreme court orders snap elections, minister disagrees
Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said that the country's economic turmoil and security situation were not conducive to the holding of provincial snap elections, as ordered by the Supreme Court.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Monday that the country's economic turmoil and security situation were not conducive to the holding of provincial snap elections, as ordered by the Supreme Court.
Dar made the remarks in parliament in a televised speech after tabling a motion to seek a vote on whether to approve funding for the polls.
The court had set Monday as the deadline for issuing the funds.
(Reporting by Asif Shahzad; editing by John Stonestreet)