Court orders police to stay away from Assembly

With the hour of the crucial electoral assembly session is almost upon us, reports from Lahore High Court say judges have stopped the police from entering the assembly building – unless called upon by the authorities.

It is not clear how the order chages the situation on the ground as police have no authority to enter the assembly on their own anyway.

Media reports also speak of the Inspector General of Police Rao Sardar Ali declining to continue in office, requesting the federal government to call him to Islamabad.