President Arif Alvi has said that his returning the summary for a National Assembly session was “very much in accordance with the provisions of Article 48(1)” of the Constitution.

“It is not understood on what grounds it has been taken as a partisan act, though it was also aimed at the completion of the National Assembly in accordance with Article 51 of the Constitution,” a statement on the President’s X account said.

The president said that he “did not want to indulge and engage himself or to dwell into such baseless accusations of constitutional violation attributed in the summary”.

He further remarked that it was “needless to remind that a caretaker prime minister/setup was merely responsible to ensure conducive conditions for the peaceful, fair and transparent holding of the general elections, […] on which many quarters had expressed reservations”.