Solangi assures general elections to be held on February 8
Irfan Ali
Solangi assures
general elections to be held on February 8
KARACHI, Caretaker Federal Minister for Information, Broadcasting and
Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Solangi categorically said on Thursday that
general elections in Pakistan would be held on February 8, 2024 and no one
should have any doubts in that regard.
Addressing a
press conference along with Provincial Information Minister Ahmed Shah here, he
said the caretaker regime was fully committed to ensure free and fair elections
on the date given by Election Commission of Pakistan ( ECP
Murtaza Solangi
reaffirmed the commitment of the government that all the financial, administrative and
security needs of ECP would be met
He said that the
federal government was making all out efforts to ensure that there was no lack
of communication between the federal and provincial governments
The minister said
that the federal and provincial information ministers would formulate a joint strategy regarding upcoming elections
He said it was
prerogative of the people of Pakistan to decide who would rule the country
The preamble of
the Constitution of Pakistan clearly stated
that the country would be run by its elected representatives, he said
Murtaza Solangi
said "Making major decisions is the
job of the elected parliament and elected government"
The minister said it was the effort of the
present government that the situation should not deteriorate in the run up to
the general elections
"We
will hand over the country in a better condition to the elected
government," he added
Conducting free
and transparent elections was the responsibility of ECP and the caretaker set
up was providing all possible support and facilitation to ECP in that regard,
he remarked.
Replying to a
question, the minister said that Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar
had visited Karachi several times in a
short period of two months.
Solangi said even
today, the Prime Minister would visit Karachi to attend a function at the Stock Exchange
The minister said
said that caretaker prime minister had a good record of visiting provinces and
different cities.
" You
have never seen such a friendly prime minister", he opined
To another
question, Murtaza Solangi said that there had been security concerns in the run
up to every elections in the past
He said former
prime minister Benazir Bhutto was martyred during the election campaign in 2008
and there were also security challenges
in the 2013 elections
He said that so
far such situation had not arisen in the country which the national security
agencies could not control
