ISLAMABAD
\nPresident Dr Arif Alvi has said the Constitution of Pakistan is being abrogated on the pretext of seeking date for elections, so he had to write a letter.
\nIn an interview, Alvi said instead of finding loopholes in the Constitution it should be respected, advising the government not to create deadlock in conducting elections while setting the provisions of the constitution aside.
\nHe sad it appeared that the country currently has not a coalition government but a technocrat setup that is getting some support from [unknown quarters].
\nIn response to a question, Alvi said PTI Chairman Imran Khan should be questioned about the extension of retired general Qamar Javed Bajwa, adding he [Alvi] had no discussion with the sitting army chief about Imran Khan\u2019s letters. The PTI chief also didn\u2019t discuss with him the allegations against Asif Ali Zardari.
\nAlvi cautioned that country\u2019s situation would worsen with the arrest of Imran Khan. \u201cI cannot take any action against the governors on the issue of delay in the election.\u201d
\nIt should be noted that President Alvi wrote a second letter to the Chief Election Commissioner for consultation on the election while expressing his displeasure with the Election Commission for not responding to the letter.
\nInterior Minister Rana Sanaullah censured President Dr Arif Alvi, asking him to respect his constitutional stature as he has nothing to do with the date for elections. In a statement, he said Alvi should act as the president of Pakistan and not as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan\u2019s spokesperson.
\nThe PML-N leader stated that the former prime minister, prior to this, made the president, speaker, deputy speaker and governors do unconstitutional things.
\nHe said Alvi was intruding into the Election Commission of Pakistan\u2019s (ECP) domain, regretting that Khan was pressurising the electoral body while using the office of the president. The minister said that President Alvi was an accomplice in PTI\u2019s foreign funding case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD President Dr Arif Alvi has said the Constitution of Pakistan is being abrogated on the pretext of seeking date for elections, so he had to write a letter. In an interview, Alvi said instead of finding loopholes in the Constitution it should be respected, advising the government not to create deadlock in conducting elections […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-314730","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n