PESHAWAR
\nQaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Saturday said though the Election Commission of Pakistan had announced the general election would take place in January next year, there was a dire need to bring the worsening law and order under control so that the polls could be held peacefully.
\nAddressing a gathering at Shabqadar tehsil in Charsadda district, he said it was the responsibility of the caretaker government to provide an enabling environment to political parties by overcoming the challenge of lawlessness.
\nHe added a level playing field should be ensured so that the candidates could freely run their election campaign and the people could exercise their right to vote.
\nAftab Sherpao said law and order was worsening in the country particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, adding that it was the responsibility of the caretakers to beef up the security to allay the concerns of the people.
\nCommenting on the economic affairs, the QWP leader said though the country\u2019s economy was stabilised to some extent, it was still facing tough economic challenges and it would take considerable time and effort to turn around the economy.
\nAdvising the people, particularly the youth to think about the country\u2019s future before casting their votes, he said the ones, who had raised hollow slogans and made empty pledges, left the country in dire financial straits due to their incompetence and lack of vision.
\nHe said rising prices of the petroleum products and daily use items had crippled the people economically who were unable to make ends meet in the face of backbreaking inflation.
\n\u201cMany families find it hard to send their children to schools due to rising inflation and this will lead to higher dropout rate,\u201d he feared, adding that the have-nots in KP were already faced with lack of health and education facilities.
\nAftab Sherpao said though successive governments claimed credit for undertaking uplift work, the province still lagged far behind in terms of facilities and road infrastructure. \u201cNobody cared about protecting the provincial rights,\u201d he remarked. He said the people in the remote and mountainous areas were compelled to use cable cars for commuting.
\nHe said the gulf between the province and the centre was widening as KP was not getting its due share in resources, underscoring the need for collective wisdom to address the challenges facing the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Saturday said though the Election Commission of Pakistan had announced the general election would take place in January next year, there was a dire need to bring the worsening law and order under control so that the polls could be held peacefully. Addressing a […]<\/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-357861","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n