RAWALPINDI: Awami Muslim League (AML) Chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday called for initiating treason case under Article 6 of the Constitution against the members of ruling coalition for delaying elections in Punjab.
In a series of tweets, the former interior minister said the PTI had dissolved assemblies in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa so elections could be held in 90 days. “Article 6 should be imposed on the occupant group in a week otherwise, anything can happen in the country,” he wrote.
2اسمبلیاں اس لیےتحلیل کی تھیں کہ90روزمیں انتخاب ہوں گےایک ہفتےمیں قبضہ گروپ پرآرٹیکل6لگناچاہیےورنہ اس ملک میں کچھ بھی ہوسکتاہےسوموار تک الیکشن کمیشن کے آئینی بحران کے فیصلے کا پتا لگ جائے گا نون لیگ کی8اکتوبر کو بھی الیکشن کی نیت نہیں کیونکہ عوام اُن سے سیاسی انتقام لےگی
— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) March 24, 2023
He hoped that there would be clarity on the constitutional crisis created by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) by Monday, adding that the PML-N was not interested in holding elections even in October as it was afraid of public.
ان کامسئلہ نہ سیکیورٹی ہےنہ پیسےہیں اپریل میں الیکشن نہیں ہوسکتےتواکتوبرمیں پیسے کہاں سےآئیں گےپہلےملک معاشی سیاسی اوراقتصادی طورپرتباہ ہوتےہیں اُس کےبعدٹوٹ جاتےہیں ایسےاناڑیوں کوکھلاڑی بناکےبٹھادیاہےجن کوگھروالےنہیں جانتےتمام سیاسی عیاشیوں کےلیےپیسے ہیں الیکشن کےلیےپیسےنہیں ہیں
— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) March 24, 2023
“Where will the money come from for elections in October when it’s not available in April?” he questioned. “First, the country collapses economically and politically and then breaks apart,” the AML chief warned.
Lashing out at the “inexperienced” members of the government, he said the rulers had funds for their political luxuries but not for the elections. Sh Rashid said he would meet PTI chief Imran Khan at his Zaman Park residence today.
He said Imran Khan was being offered grand political dialogue but, at the same time, arrests were being made and hurdles created in PTI’s gathering at Minar-e-Pakistan.
Saying the IMF deal and poverty were not their priorities, he said the government was afraid of clean sweep by Imran Khan in coming elections. “A major legal battle is about to start,” he said as the PTI decided to challenge the ECP move to postpone elections in Punjab for more than five months.
Plea filed in SC for polls in Punjab, KP
Meanwhile, Awami Muslim League (AML) chief and former interior minister Sheikh Rasheed Friday filed a petition in Supreme Court (SC) Lahore registry for election in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) March 24, 2023
As per details, President Arif Alvi, the federation and the Election Commission of Pakistan have been made respondents in the plea.
The plea stated that the caretaker government should now be dissolved and a new setup should be in place. The plea further stated that the court should direct the ECP to hold the elections within 90 days.
