Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar. (Photo: AFP/VNA)

52-year-old Kakar quit as the head of his small Baluchistan Awami Party on Sunday and resigned as a senator after being named by outgoing PM Shehbaz Sharif and opposition leader Raza Riaz to oversee the vote and run the administration’s day-to-day affairs until the people elect a new government.

Earlier, Pakistani President Arif Alvi had approved the summary sent by PM Shahbaz Sharif to dissolve the National Assembly or the lower house of the parliament, according to the Pakistani Presidential Office. According to the Pakistani constitution, if the assembly is terminated before its stipulated time, the general elections should be held within 90 days.