Former prime minister Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has announced dissolution of the provincial assemblies of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this month.
\nAddressing his party’s parliamentary members from KP via video link Saturday, the ex-premier said that the party is ready for talks with the coalition government, led by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), if they are willing to give a date for the general elections.
\n\u201cThe country needs political stability as economic stability will also come with political stability,\u201d Khan said.
\nCommenting on the PTI and Pakistan Muslim League-Q\u2019s (Quaid-e-Azam) coalition in Punjab, Khan said Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi has given him the authority to dissolve the assembly.
\n\u201cWe will dissolve the provincial assemblies this month and move towards the elections. Our members should prepare for polls. We will soon announce dissolution of the assemblies,\u201d said the deposed prime minister who was removed from the power in April through the no confidence vote in the National Assembly.
\nHe added that the elections are the need of the country and not the PTI\u2019s, even “if there is a delay in polls, it will benefit the PTI”.
\nSharing his views on the coalition government\u2019s stance on the elections, Khan said that the government is trying to delay the polls in the fear of defeat, claiming that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is towing the incumbent government\u2019s line.
\n\u201cThe \u2018facilitators\u2019 who brought them don\u2019t know where the country\u2019s is going. It is my prediction that they will flee after leaving the country on the brink of destruction. The Pakistan Democratic Movement\u2019s (PDM) leaders will leave the country and go abroad,\u201d the former prime minister said.
\nRetracting to his invitation for talks with the PML-N-led coalition government in the Centre, the PTI chief said: \u201cI tried to explain to them yesterday but the wrong message was conveyed. They misunderstood my message. What will we talk to them about? It cannot happen. What was their purpose of assuming charge of the government? To have the theft forgiven! General Musharraf gave them NRO [National Reconciliation Ordinance].\u201d
\nThe ousted premier, when speaking about Senator Azam Swati\u2019s arrest and \u2018torture\u2019, said that everyone has to protest for the senator. \u201cAzam Swati was tortured just for criticising in a tweet.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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