RAWALPINDI
\nAwami Muslim League (AML) chief and former interior minister Sheikh Rashid said on Friday that matters with regards to snap polls have been settled.
\n\u201cInstead of by-elections, matters on new elections have been settled,\u201d he tweeted.
\n\u201cThe nation will soon hear about the date for elections in October, formation of a new election commission and a caretaker government.\u201d
\nIn an apparent reference to PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari, who has contracted Covid-19, Rashid said: \u201cEven those in quarantine have agreed to elections. Only Maulana Fazlur Rehman is left.\u201d
\nRashid further highlighted that the hike in dollar rates and increase in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and electricity prices would \u201cshut down markets\u201d.
\n\u201cThe political reputation of the allies has turned to ashes,\u201d he went on to say. \u201cDemocracy has become a joke and the assembly a spectacle.\u201d
\nThe AML leader\u2019s statement comes a day after Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah urged PTI chief Imran Khan to dissolve assemblies in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab \u2014 where his party is in power \u2014 saying that it was a prerequisite of his demand for general elections.
\nAt a press conference on Thursday, he had said that his party\u2019s supremo, Nawaz Sharif, also wanted the country to move towards elections, however, \u201cthis man Imran is asking for the sacking of chief election commissioner without realising that fact that the CEC cannot be replaced without fulfillment of a required constitutional process.\u201d
\nSanaullah also claimed the PML-N would \u201csweep\u201d Punjab if elections were held, saying \u201cwe will form our government\u201d.
\nAt the same time, the ruling coalition also reiterated on Thursday that it would complete its constitutional term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
RAWALPINDI Awami Muslim League (AML) chief and former interior minister Sheikh Rashid said on Friday that matters with regards to snap polls have been settled. \u201cInstead of by-elections, matters on new elections have been settled,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cThe nation will soon hear about the date for elections in October, formation of a new election commission […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[8466,9890,820,9891],"class_list":{"0":"post-274382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news","8":"tag-claims","9":"tag-regarding","10":"tag-sheikh-rashid","11":"tag-snap-polls"},"yoast_head":"\n