Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has demanded immediate elections.
Addressing his party workers in Islamabad, Maulana said that the maximum time this new government would be in power for is a year.
“In this new setup, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam has its own identity and we are telling them [new government] that we still want immediate elections.”
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Maulana said that continuing to stay in power unnecessarily is not his party’s stance. The new government, he added, can take some time for electoral reforms but Maulana said that Imran Khan was ousted so that the people of Pakistan could be given their mandate back.
“Now it is our responsibility to give back the nation what we promised.”
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has also been demanding early elections. However, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said that elections cannot be held before October as it needs four months to complete the process of delimitation of constituencies.
