PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday called for immediately holding elections, saying that delay in elections was equal to not holding them.

“The PPP is a democratic party and it is its right to demand elections. Our party is demanding an election date. Election delayed is election denied,” he said while addressing a Supreme Court Bar Association ceremony in Islamabad on the golden jubilee of the Constitution.

Zardari went on to add that Benazir Bhutto sacrificed her life for the restoration of the Constitution while the Supreme Court and SCBA also played their role against the dictator.

“Before anyone else gives an order, the election commission should fulfill its constitutional responsibility,” he said.

Every politician presented himself before the Supreme Court for accountability, he said, adding: “Judges must first present themselves for accountability. All politicians presented themselves for accountability before the judiciary.”

“The Constitution is the essence of a state. The democracy protects the constitution and the constitution protects human rights,” the former foreign minister said.