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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) central leader Sherry Rehman claimed Sunday that the allies of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan are not favouring dissolution of assemblies in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
Sherry Rehman said in a statement that Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi gave a statement to not dissolve the provincial assembly till March, whereas, the KP put a condition to dissolve the Punjab Assembly first.
The federal minister claimed that Imran Khan was just using his stance for the dissolution of assemblies as a political threat to his opponents. She said that the coalition government will not accept any pressure from such threats.
“In politics, dialogues are always held without tabling any conditions. Demands cannot be tabled pre-dialogues. If they want to hold talks on the electoral framework, then they should take a positive U-turn and rejoin the [national] assembly.”
She claimed that the PTI chief has a misconception that he is the most popular leader of Pakistan which led him to demand early elections. The PTI chief would realise the reality of his popularity after the results of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) local government (LG) elections.
The federal minister blamed Imran Khan for the deteriorated economic situation. She gave credit to the incumbent government for preventing the country from facing default.
