The Central Parliamentary Board of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has reiterated that delay in polls would not be acceptable under any circumstances.
The meeting chaired by PML-N’s supremo Nawaz Sharif, party’s President Shehbaz Sharif and Raja Zafarul Haq at Model Town Lahore said that the party would bring forth all necessary effort for timely holding of the elections and would also join hands with other political parties, civil society and people belonging to different schools of thought for the cause.
The meeting was attended by the board members from all the provinces.
The meeting strongly condemned the reports making rounds in the international media about possible delay in elections, influencing the results through coercion and efforts to force people to change their loyalties. It expressed the resolve to play an effective role through impregnable unity to ensure the holding of fair, transparent and impartial elections.
It was decided that the Central Parliamentary Board would soon convene a meeting of the provincial parliamentary boards and those who had applied for the tickets of national and provincial assemblies to make a final decision. The meeting was told that according to the preliminary reports of the provincial parliamentary boards a large number of applications had been received for tickets of the national and provincial assemblies and the party would field its candidates from all constituencies.
The board directed the presidents of the provincial parliamentary boards to submit their preliminary reports to the Central Parliamentary Board. It was noted at the meeting that the enthusiasm shown by the people from different regions during participating in the party rallies and conventions had given strength to the party’s slogan ‘respect the sanctity of vote’
The meeting expressed unflinching confidence in the party leadership and decided that the party would participate in the forthcoming elections with unity.
Published in Daily Times, June 3rd 2018.
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