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Sherpao calls for general elections on time

By Our Correspondent 2023-07-16
CHARSADDA: Calling for electoral reforms to ensure the holding offree,fair and transparent elections, Qaumi Watan Party chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Saturday said the polls should be held on time and whoever won should be allowed to run the country.

Addressing a public gathering in Tangi tehsil here, he welcomed the government`s agreement with the International Monetary Fund, saying the bailout package would help bring economic stability to the country.

`We want Pakistan to become financially stable so the issues of unemployment and inflation could be tackled,` he said.

He said Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader Imran Khan and his associates were `hell-bent` upon sabotaging the IMF agreement, but they did not succeed in their designs.

`Imran wanted the country to go bankrupt,` he remarked, and added Imran Khan`s style of doing politics not only caused harm to the country, but also undermined his own party.

Blaming Imran Khan for the country`s economic woes, he said the PTI chairman had `violated` the IMF agreement, which created problems for the country.

Enumerating the `blunders` made by the PTI leader, Aftab Sherpao said Imran not only left the National Assembly after his ouster from power as prime minister through the no-confidence motion but also got the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab assemblies dissolved.

He claimed that the May 9 incidents proved the last nail in the PTI`s political coffin, and that those who were behind the mayhem would continue facing the courts.

`Even the country`s enemies could not dare attack its military installations the way the PTI arsonists and rioters did. This was unprecedented in Pakistan`s political history,` he maintained, adding that the PTI `tarnished` the country`s image at the international level.

`Fresh evidence is emerging with each passing day and the masterminds and the perpetrators of the May 9 violence would not be able to escape from the clutches of the law,` the QWP leader believed.

Seeing a `Zionist conspiracy` against the country, Aftab Sherpao alleged only Israel was supporting Imran Khan, who `ruled like a dictator and created unrest for the sake of power`.

He said the government should focus on the ChinaPakistan Economic Corridor projects.

The QWP leader said the government should pay attention to the issue of poor law and order in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.

He said peace was a prerequisite for development and attractingforeign tourists andinvestors.