{"id":375894,"date":"2023-12-22T00:45:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T19:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=375894"},"modified":"2023-12-22T00:45:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T19:45:44","slug":"elahi-fears-historical-crisis-sans-fair-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/elahi-fears-historical-crisis-sans-fair-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Elahi fears \u2018historical crisis\u2019 sans fair elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLet elections take place and lay the foundation for good thinking,\u201d says PTI president<br \/>\nISLAMABAD<br \/>\nFormer Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi on Thursday warned that the country would face a historical crisis if free and fair general elections were not held.<br \/>\n\u201cLet the elections take place and lay the foundation for good thinking as it will ensure a good future for the poor,\u201d Elahi, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf\u2019s (PTI) president, said while talking to the media in Islamabad.<br \/>\nTo a query about a level-playing field in the polls, Elahi \u2014 who is behind bars \u2014 said what about the \u201clevels\u201d when there\u2019s \u201cno field\u201d. To another query, he said he backs Barrister Gohar Khan as PTI\u2019s chairman.<br \/>\nThe PTI president said he would contest elections from three national constituencies and as many provincial constituencies.<br \/>\nPeople are starving because of what Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif did to them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLet elections take place and lay the foundation for good thinking,\u201d says PTI president ISLAMABAD Former Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi on Thursday warned that the country would face a historical crisis if free and fair general elections were not held. \u201cLet the elections take place and lay the foundation for good thinking as 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