PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday termed the \u201cserious considerations of installing a technocrat government\u201d in Pakistan a \u201cjoke\u201d, saying that such a setup would not be able to solve the country\u2019s current issues.<\/p>\n
His statement comes after senior economist Shabbar Zaidi, in an interview with ARY News yesterday, said that discussions were underway regarding a \u201ccaretaker government\u201d \u2014 comprising experts \u2014 that could replace the Pakistan Democratic Movement given the current economic crises.<\/p>\n
Speaking regarding this proposal in a media talk in Islamabad today, Chaudhry said that the idea of sending the current government home and installing a technocrat government for 2.5 years was a big mistake.<\/p>\n
He demanded that \u201csuch experiments and jokes\u201d with Pakistan must come to an end.<\/p>\n
Posing a hypothetical scenario, he said: \u201cYou will import a technocrat from the US and have him sit here; he will take a decision [then] there will be criticism [and] rallies against it, [after which] he will leave his shoes here and run away.\u201d<\/p>\n
The PTI leader reiterated that the best solution was general elections, arguing that if the government falls, the Constitution had a solution \u2014 elections.<\/p>\n
He claimed that it was a \u201cstraightforward matter\u201d as the Constitution provided a \u201cclearly and precisely written political skeleton for Pakistan\u201d.<\/p>\n
Chaudhry also said that the proposed idea of \u201cimporting a technocrat from the US or somewhere\u201d was a result of the \u201cfailure of Shehbaz Sharif\u2019s government\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will fully condemn [the idea of] a technocratic government. We will fully condemn going out of the Constitution. Under any circumstances, a system beyond the Constitution is not acceptable to us. Political parties should also focus on this,\u201d the PTI leader asserted.<\/p>\n
Chaudhry further said that the current economic crisis was the result of the political quagmire and not vice versa, contending that elections would bring the needed political stability.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the PTI leader blamed the incumbent government for the rise in terror incidents, claiming that PTI Chairman Imran Khan was the only respected Pakistani leader in Afghanistan as \u201chis hands were not stained by the blood of Afghan people\u201d.<\/p>\n
He argued that \u201cbombs and missiles are not the solutions to everything\u201d and that matters had to be solved through dialogue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday termed the \u201cserious considerations of installing a technocrat government\u201d in Pakistan a \u201cjoke\u201d, saying that such a setup would not be able to solve the country\u2019s current issues. His statement comes after senior economist Shabbar Zaidi, in an interview with ARY News yesterday, said that discussions were underway regarding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-304036","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n