Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior vice-president Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday claimed that if Pakistan does not vote within 90 days after the dissolution of the assemblies, it will be a violation of the constitution – which is due to the violation. will be suspended.
In his first press conference a day after being released on bail, the former information minister said on Thursday that “if any administration or authority postpones elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa beyond the 90-day period given under Article 6 of the Constitution, The Constitution will apply to them.”
According to the law, “unconstitutional means shall be guilty of high treason”.
Fawad, who faces sedition charges for publicly “threatening” Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) members during a media talk, was arrested on January 25 after a case was registered against him at Islamabad’s Kohsar police station. He was arrested from his residence in Lahore. He was released on bail after his bail plea was accepted by an Additional Sessions Court in the federal capital on Wednesday.
During the presser, he also drew attention to the accusation against the former PTI government of “fostering and supporting terrorism” in the country through bold policies and soft-handedness of the ruling Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM). The rhetoric expressed by the leadership of
In a parliamentary session on Tuesday regarding the Peshawar mosque blast, the finance minister alleged that the PTI-led government had allowed terrorism to take root in the country.
Defense Minister Khawaja Asif slammed the Imran Khan-led government for insisting on talks with banned organizations, including the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), while Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah announced that the previous government should play its part. I have failed. Participating in dealing with the problem of terrorism, he said that the deposed rulers allowed those who were sentenced to death to walk free.
Responding to the above “allegations” without naming anyone, Fawad said: “You are trying to blame PTI, however, we have defeated terrorism. PTI is in power. During this time, Imran Khan handled the affairs of Afghanistan and America properly.
He insisted that there was no explosion in Pakistan during our time.
He further clarified that PTI’s policy was an attempt to curb hatred and said: “Imran Khan was of the view that political problems cannot be solved by military force.”
The former federal minister added that Afghanistan’s current leadership respects Imran Khan, insisting, “but the federal government’s stance” has destroyed Khan’s Afghan policy.
“You cannot solve the TTP problem without the support of the Afghan leadership,” Fawad added. The use of force will make matters more complicated.
He said that Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari made 17 visits to America but never visited Afghanistan.
Attacking the current government, Fawad also said that “its policy is unclear and it has no idea what the actual situation is in Afghanistan”.
When we were in power, it was being said that Pakistan was moving from terrorism to tourism, we also revived international cricket in the country. In just nine months, our efforts were wasted.
He further said that institutions should not support corrupt people. Don’t carry the burden of Asif Ali Zardari, Nawaz Sharif and Fazlur Rehman so much that your back is doubled by this burden.
The PTI vice president also said that instead of making arrests, the agency should try to solve many problems of the country.
First they arrested Azam Swati, then Shehbaz Gul, then me. Now he has accused Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s daughter Shandana Gulzar of treason. He was booked for sedition for his controversial remarks on a TV talk show.
“This is all part of an effort to destabilize Pakistan,” he said, adding, “They [the government] are struggling to manage both Malik and Imran Khan and are failing miserably at both. are.”
Pointing fingers at the caretaker government in the two provinces, he insisted that “dummy governments” had been set up in Punjab and KP.
He added that it seems that the governors of the two provinces are on an unauthentic power trip.
“However, if we criticize them, or anyone for that matter, we will be called traitors. By that definition the whole country is full of traitors.”
Speaking on the occasion, Hammad Azhar – who served as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs during the PTI regime – criticized the coalition government’s economic policies as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) The delegation is in Pakistan for technical and policy level discussions. to revive the $7 billion expansionary funding facility that has stalled for months.
“Economy does not run without stability,” Azhar said, adding, “The rupee has fallen from Rs 80 to Rs 90 in nine months. This will have a negative impact on the country.”
He further said that the rate of inflation in the country will reach 40%. “Only if general elections are held to bring a democratically elected government to power, the country’s economic woes will be resolved.”
