ISLAMABAD
\nThe Pakistan Peoples Party does not want any excuses for delay in the upcoming general elections and will accept the decision of the electorate on Feb 8 next year, party\u2019s spokesperson Faisal Karim Kundi stated Thursday.
\nDuring a press conference in Islamabad, Kundi urged Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikander Sultan Raja to remove the reservations of all political parties and ensure provision of level-playing field for the next general elections.
\nKundi mentioned that Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) President Asif Ali Zardari had categorically stated that transparent and timely polls were the only solution to get rid of all the challenges facing the country.\u201cOur [PPP\u2019s] stance on general polls is very clear. The ECP must conduct timely, free and fair elections in the country,\u201d he said.
\nHe also mentioned that a delegation of the PPP had already met the CEC and apprised him about its reservations. \u201cThe CEC had assured that there would be no delay in the elections,\u201d he recalled.
\nKunid said that the masses would not accept any government unless free and fair elections were ensured.
\n\u201cIf the selection process is adopted this time, the nation will not accept it because now the majority of population is comprised of young people who will not accept a \u2018selected\u2019 government.\u201d Kundi also pointed out that the credibility of parliament would be nothing if free, fair and transparent elections were not conducted. \u201cDecision should be left to the people.\u201d
\nAbout the rumours regarding the ban on social media during elections, he said the PPP would fully oppose such a restriction, adding that the ECP ought to address this issue as well.While condemning the Dera Ismail Khan suicide attack that resulted in the martyrdom of 23 soldiers, Kundi noted that the country was facing critical law and order situation, especially in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
\n\u201cPPP has always talked about the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) in letter and spirit to root out the terrorism from the country,\u201d he added.Kundi expressed concern over the uptick in terrorism in Pakistan, noting that terrorist attacks were occurring at a depressing regularity.
\nAbout the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto \u2018judicial murder\u2019 reference recently been taken up by the Supreme Court, Kundi said the PPP believed that justice must be served to the late former prime minister and PPP founder. He also called for punishing those responsible for ZAB\u2019s \u2018judicial murder\u2019.
\nSpeaking about PPP\u2019s election campaign, the spokesperson said that party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was addressing workers\u2019 conventions across the country. He added that Bilawal addressed a women workers\u2019 convention in Peshawar on Wednesday.
\nCriticising the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Kundi labeled PML-N\u2019s politics as \u201cdrawing-room politics\u201d. He questioned why a party that considered itself a major player in the country was running away from elections.
\nKundi said the PPP had always pointed out that the accountability watchdog, National Accountability Bureau, was being used for political revenge. He mentioned that there was a time when the NAB was aggressively pursuing cases against Nawaz Sharif, but now these cases were being dropped one after another.
\nHe asserted that whether the NAB had been wrong in the past or was wrong today, it should be explained to the people. \u201cNAB is not someone\u2019s estate. It is an institution.\u201dFaisal Kundi said that law and order, economy, inflation and unemployment were the key challenges being faced by Pakistan, affirming that the PPP had the solution to all these issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD The Pakistan Peoples Party does not want any excuses for delay in the upcoming general elections and will accept the decision of the electorate on Feb 8 next year, party\u2019s spokesperson Faisal Karim Kundi stated Thursday. During a press conference in Islamabad, Kundi urged Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikander Sultan Raja to remove the […]<\/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-374440","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n