ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is expected to decide the time frame for a fresh delimitation of constituencies following the approval of the final results of the first-ever digital census today (Tuesday), a senior ECP official said.

He said the commission will see if it is possible to compress the timeline to hold elections within 90 days after the dissolution of the National Assembly on August 9 — three days prior to the expiry of its term.

An important meeting of the ECP was held on Monday with Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja to chalk out the course of action in the light of the statistics of the officially results of the digital census. The meeting, besides four ECP members, was also attended by secretary ECP, special secretary ECP and legal team.

The commission, after deliberations, directed the legal team to provide guidance on how to proceed in the light of the law and the constitution today (Tuesday).

The commission also asked its scrutiny committee to submit reports of foreign funding of PML-N and PPP in next ten days. “This should be taken as a final deadline,” the commission said.

The commission also directed the law wing to approach different courts for early hearings and decisions on all the private complaints pending before them.

The meeting took place a day after a PPP senator asked the commission to break its silence over the issue of delimitation amidst rumours about delayed polls, and plan to install caretakers for a longer time.