ANP demands holding of general polls within 90 days

F.P. Report

LOWER DIR: The Awami National Party central spokesman and former senator Zahid Khan has asked the election commission of Pakistan to ensure holding of general elections within 90 days.

Talking to local journalists at the Timergara press club here the other day, the ANP leader condemned the PTI and PDM governments for the whole mess and said that both Imran Khan and Shahbaz Sharif had taken the country to the verge of collapse.

He said that record inflation, devaluation of Pakistani currency, increasing prices of electricity, petrol and gas had forced the citizens to come onto the roads against the incumbent government. He said the nation had no option other than to launch a massive movement against the rulers.

The ANP spokesman said that holding of general election on time was the only solution to the crisis. He also condemned the militants’ attack on security forces in Chitral and expressed solidarity with the Pak army.

“The sole responsibility of the caretaker prime minister is to conduct free, fair and transparent elections within 90 days”, Zahid Khan said, adding the delay in general elections would further aggravate the situation in the country. He said the caretaker PM should not cross his limits to inaugurate development projects. He alleged the Punjab chief minister too had been inaugurating development projects which were against the norms and constitution.

The ANP leader alleged the PTI chief Imran Khan had ruined the country under a planned conspiracy while the PDM government too failed to deliver. Without naming the Jamaat-i-Islami, the ANP leader said that some of the parties had been protesting against the inflation and wanted to move the court on someone’s dictation in order to pave the way for them.