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The Government of Pakistan has announced that the elections scheduled for October 2002 would be held on a party basis in line with President Pervez Musharraf's resolve to restore democracy in the country.
A government spokesman told the BBC that reports that some other system would be introduced instead of the parliamentary one were baseless.
The Online news agency quoted the spokesman as saying that "the three years' time frame and authority to introduce constitutional amendments given by the apex court to the military clearly says only such amendments are authorised that are essential for smooth handling of state affairs and which should not effect the federal and parliamentary structure envisaged in the Constitution."
Asked why the road map for democracy announced by General Musharraf did not mention the election of a prime minister, he said the president had announced the formation of federal and provincial ministries, which implied that the prime minister and the chief ministers of all the provinces would also be elected.
Indo-Asian News Service
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