The process can only start once the Council of Common Interests approves the census results for notification. The last census was late, being conducted in 2017, instead of 2009, and this census is early, because they are supposed to be conducted at ten-year intervals, making one not due until 2027. Even in 2018, the census results had not yet been notified (something only done by the PTI government after the federal government agreed to conduct a fresh census). - Advertisement -If the current government does not notify the census result, the caretakers might. It is to be hoped that no excuse is found to do the same for national polls.
