The ruling Pakistan People's Party has decided to hold the general election and the polls to the Senate ahead of schedule against the backdrop of rampant
speculation that the government may not be able to complete its tenure. 

A meeting of the top leadership of the PPP chaired by President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani yesterday decided to hold elections to the Senate or upper house of parliament in mid-February instead of March 11 as scheduled, the Dawn newspaper quoted an unnamed PPP leader
as saying.