Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar asked Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to account for the 2018 general elections, addressing the matter during a statement in Islamabad on Wednesday.
Dar emphasised his belief in reconciliation while pointing to several petitions filed against the 8 February elections, stating, "If objections exist regarding the 2024 general elections, the courts should decide. However, the accountability must begin with the 2018 elections."
He questioned the legitimacy of the 2018 results, saying, "Everyone knows who won and who was made to win that election."
Dar maintained: "The mandate for conducting elections in 2024 did not rest with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
He was of the view that the discussions on electoral integrity must address the events of 2018 first.
– Khawaja Asif blames PTI for spreading provincialism in country –
Earlier on Tuesday, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif blamed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for spreading provincialism in the country.
Expressing his thoughts during the National Assembly session, Asif said: “There exists internal differences within the PTI. Ali Amin Gandapur’s guards had opened the firing on their own workers. The PTI and Bushra Bibi has escaped the D-Chowk.”
He slammed KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, saying, “The KP chief minister had attacked Islamabad by leaving his province.”
“It was 10 years back that the PTI founder had given the call of civil disobedience,” he stated.
He said: “Nobody had accepted the PTI founder’s call of civil disobedience.”
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