Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa has said that his role in Feb 8 general elections was limited to merely directing President Arif Alvi and the chief election commissioner to decide an election date.

Speaking to reporters in Islamabad today, the chief justice said the Supreme Court judges did not give any order for the polls.

“Let me make this clear … and you all say this often. An argument was ensuing between the president and CEC so we [merely] told them to sit and decide,” he said.

“If someone else did not want them (elections) to take place, it’s another thing.”

CJP Isa also said that there were more than two attempts to postpone the elections when he was leaving for a holiday on December 16 but the Supreme Court took notice.