Islamabad (26 June) : The blatant rigging of the AJK elections by the PPP government is vindication of the PTI stand that free and fair elections under a caretaker government formed by the President who holds dual office of the Co-Chairperson of PPP is impossible.
Reacting to reports of blatant rigging in AJK elections even by the allies of the government, the PTI Chairman Imran Khan said if the people are not allowed real change through a transparent electoral process, the only other option left would be a bloody revolution with unpredictable consequences for us and the region. How can a Co-Chairperson of a political party that is participating in elections be expected to set up a credible caretaker government he questioned?
Imran Khan demanded that the judiciary should intervene and play an effective role to save the country from complete institutional collapse. He said the higher judiciary is the only institution left that can intervene to salvage the country from the present corrupt and reckless government.
It is time that the judiciary takes firm and resolute steps to implement its verdicts including the Lahore High Court verdict barring the holding of two offices by the President.
The PTI Chairman said the armed forcers must support the superior judiciary under the Constitution to fulfill its mandate. If the judiciary does not intervene the present corrupt and compromised rulers would take the country to a point of return. While the country sinks in chaos, the parliament is a mere bystander passing resolutions to no effect.
At a time of grave internal and external threats, the PPP and PML(N) leadership continue to politicize the Army. Governance has all but collapsed with growing signs of civil disobedience. Pakistan and the present government cannot co-exist anymore. The Mir Jafars and Mir Sadiqs of the country have brought Pakistan to the verge of destruction he concluded.
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