LAHORE: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman in a meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday dismissed calls for early elections in the country.
Both parties are allies in the Centre.
Shehbaz, while referring to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said that people who haven’t been able to do anything in their province have been asking for early elections. He added that the country needs ‘unity, faith and grace’ more than ever now.
In a tweet, earlier on Friday, PTI Chairman Imran Khan reiterated his demand for early elections saying,“With economic disaster looming and a complete paralysis of governance, Pak needs early elections to save and strengthen democracy.”
He was also referring to a recent World Bank report on the state of Pakistan’s economy that was released on Thursday.
The report raised alarms for Pakistan’s economy and predicted that inflation would increase to six per cent next year as it linked Pakistan’s bullish economic prospects with the continuation of reforms to address the current and fiscal account deficits.
