LAHORE: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Monday said that general elections would be held on time as the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government would complete its constitutional tenure.
Addressing the 50 death anniversary of Khwaja Muhammad Rafique, the father of
Railways Minister Khwaja Saad Rafique and former provincial minister Khwaja Salman
Rafique here at a local hotel, he said that no one would be allowed to pressurize the
government for early general elections, adding that it was legal and constitutional right
of any government to complete its tenure.
Khawaja Asif said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan only wanted
to come into power by any mean as he could do anything to achieve his personal goals.
He said that Imran Khan could dissolve the provincial assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,
if he was really committed to dissolve the provincial assemblies, but he would not do so
as he was using tactics of pressurize just for political gains.
The Minister said that Mian Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz had to face
worst circumstances, when they were detained in jails during Imran Khan’s government,
adding that the PDM government after coming into power, lost its political capital as it
had to take challenging decisions, by setting aside its political gains to steer the country
out of crises.
The government was putting efforts to resolve the peoples’ problems and put the country
on road to progress and prosperity, he said and added that Imran Khan would also be
further exposed as his corruption audios were being surfaced in which his involvement
in financial matters got established.
Khawaja Asif said the previous government did nothing on Kashmir issue but raised hollow
slogans so it was needed to put in place an effective campaign to highlight Kashmir issue
and expose Indian atrocities at international level, adding that people of Pakistan stood by
their Kashmiri brethren in their struggle for freedom.
