{"id":328715,"date":"2023-05-02T08:15:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T03:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=328715"},"modified":"2023-05-02T09:19:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T04:19:37","slug":"imran-warns-pdm-govt-handlers-against-delaying-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/imran-warns-pdm-govt-handlers-against-delaying-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Imran warns PDM govt, \u2018handlers\u2019 against delaying elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PTI would resort to street agitations until the Constitution and the rule of law are restored, says deposed PM<br \/>\n LAHORE<br \/>\nPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has warned the coalition rulers and their \u2018handlers\u2019 that if they think they could delay the elections after the budget then they are mistaken, warning that his party and the nation would hold street agitation against this strategy.<br \/>\n\u201cIf the rulers defy the Supreme Court\u2019s orders of holding elections on May 14 and violate the Constitution, there would be lawlessness in the country. The PTI would resort to street agitations until the Constitution and the rule of law were restored,\u201d said the former prime minister while addressing a party rally held here on Saturday in connection with International Workers\u2019 Day and also to express solidarity with the Supreme Court of Pakistan.<br \/>\nHe led the rally from Liberty Chowk to Nasir Bagh and many PTI workers and supporters accompanied him.<br \/>\nKhan said that they stand with the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Constitution, adding that till now they have held peaceful public gatherings and political rallies and maintained that the next week would be decisive.<br \/>\nHe said on Tuesday, they would hold talks with the rulers with a one-point agenda: if they agree to dissolve the assemblies before May 14 then the PTI would be willing for \u2018same day elections\u2019 in the country.<br \/>\n\u201cHowever, if they refuse to dissolve the assemblies by May 14 and show shrewdness by trying to take the elections after the budget, we would not accept it. 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