PESHAWAR: Maulana Fazal ur-Rehman, leader of The far-right Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) party has said there will be no elections. in provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after dissolution of local legislatures, without further specification.
By-elections will be held in Punjab in honor of chief minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, triggered interview last a week on the phone for the legislature should be dissolved, putting pressure on on Central government of Shehbaz Sharif ahead of planned general elections.
Holding elections in provinces with 110 million people around half of Pakistan population would be logistically expensive complicated exercise for a government dependent on foreign aid and recovering from the impact of last year devastating floods.
Bringing forward provincial voteHowever, according to political analysts, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) could put pressure on government early national elections avoid huge double cost of two votes.
Commenting on obvious reluctance of in government of The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) Alliance he is leading to hold early elections, Rehman, who spoke to reporters after attending the convention in Peshawar on Monday insisted that national politics should carry out in conformity with constitutional provisions and not subject to anyone’s whims.
He left on claim that exile of former prime minister Imran Khan was result of PDM efforts, not a foreign conspiracy.
He also discussed the constitution and political policy of Pakistan. system, stating that it is based on four pillars: Islam, democracy, federalism and parliamentary democracy. He emphasized that Pakistan is an Islamic country as declared by the Constitution and cannot accept secularism.
During the conversation, the politician also touched upon such political issues as the war in Afghanistan and suppression of Muslims in Another countries.
– FROM Reuters
