Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said Wednesday that he will announce date for the dissolution of the Punjab and KP assemblies in Lahore’s Liberty Chowk public meeting on – December 17.
“It’s is time to act as lengthy consultations have taken place and mere consultation can’t produce anything. I have completed consultations with the party and we have decided that in a gathering at Lahore’s Liberty Chowk, I will give my nation the date for the dissolution of the KP and Punjab assemblies,” PTI Chairman Imran Khan said in an address to the nation on Wednesday.
The dissolution of assemblies would pave the way for elections. The law says that as soon as assemblies are dissolved, elections should be held within 90 days. So on Dec 17, I will give the date and after that 70 per cent of the country will go into election,” Imran Khan elaborated.
“Logically, if elections are held in 70pc of the country […] then they might just hold general elections. But it is our misfortune that criminals are sitting [in the government] and they don’t care about the country,” he said.
Imran claimed that the government was waiting for “round three of looting the country” and was “in no mood for elections” due to the fear of losing. “Their interests and the nation’s interests are on opposing ends.”
Imran Khan said that he has received opinions from all party leaders. He added that he will not announce his decision as the time of consultation has concluded. Imran Khan announced that the assemblies will be dissolved in December.
The session also discussed the legal aspects of the assemblies’ dissolution. Dr Babar Awan briefed the constitutional and legal grounds of the upcoming move. The PTI is likely to announce the same date for dissolving the KP and Punjab assemblies.
