Early elections to harm democratic system: Sherpao

F.P. Report

CHARSADAH: Chairman Qaumi Watan Party Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has said that midterm polls will not be in the interests of democratic process.

The parliament should complete its tenure and the general elections should be held as per schedule. He was addressing a public meeting here after the inauguration of Sui gas supply scheme.

Aftab Sherpao said that if the demand of the early election was conceded this time, it would open new Pandora’s Box and similar demand would be raised in future.

He maintained that such trend would badly effect the government as no government would be able to complete its projects which would ultimately lead to political instability in the system, therefore such demands should be discouraged and the democratic process should be allowed to continue as per the mandate of the constitution.

He lamented the process on the delaying tactics of the FATA-KP merger that putting on backburner the key issue would further increase the growing sense of deprivation of the among the tribal people.

He said that the people of FATA rendered enormous sacrifices for the stability and protection of the borders of Pakistan but their sacrifices had been ignored by center and they kept deprived intentionally from its rewards.

He said if the people of the FATA are the equal citizens of Pakistan than why they have been denied their equal status in the country and added that that the Frontier Crimes Regulation should be abolished in the agencies soon which is nothing but a black law for the tribal people.

He said that the FATA-KP merger was the demand of QWP from the day one and our party stood firmly with the tribal people on the FATA-KP merger issue and would strive hard for early merger and never stepped back from this cause.

The QWP leader said that the KP government failed to take timely steps for the control of dengue which affected normal life, especially in the suburbs of Peshawar.