ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior vice chairman and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Wednesday said that constitution clearly states that elections must be held within 90 days.
Mr Qureshi rebuked the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif-led government saying that centre is making lame excuses over the election date announcement, adding that the country’s economic and security situation are the same for the last 9 months, they just want to escape from elections.
The PTI stalwart raising questions over the intention of caretaker governments about holding transparent by-polls said that despite the ban, major reshuffling in bureaucracy is being made to get favorable results in the upcoming elections.
“Protests and sit-ins are our legal right, and we will use this right to raise our voice against manipulated actions,” said Shah Mehmood.
Read more: PTI asks ECP to revise by-polls schedule on 31 NA seats
Earlier, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) asked the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to hold by-elections for 31 National Assembly (NA) seats on March 19.
PTI Secretary General Asad Umar penned a letter to the electoral watchdog, saying the ECP had issued a schedule for the NA by-polls on a working day, during which the majority of the masses usually remain busy in their job routines, in public and private sectors.
