Summary This is not the first time a movement such as this one has emerged
RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – Banners and flexes have been put up in Rawalpindi on Saturday that call for General Raheel Sharif, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) to contest General Elections 2018.
The banners assert that General Sharif should lead the country as the premier as he would win the elections in 2018 if the two-year restriction on office holders is relaxed.
Any office holder is demanded by the Constitution of Pakistan to wait for two years after retirement before contesting any election. The flexes state name of chief of the movement as Sheikh Amjad Ali who is purported to be a spokesperson of Awami Monitoring Cell (Rawalpindi).
The content of the flexes claim that General Sharif would help create harmony between military and civil leadership once he gets elected as the Prime Minister (PM) if relevant statute is amended.
The movement also claims that the Chief of the Army Staff would win General Elections 2018 with a significant margin if he contests. It should be noted here that this is not the first time a movement such as this one has emerged.
Earlier this year, a party erected banners calling for General Sharif to take over which was interpreted by analysts as an invitation of a coup.
The political organisation called ‘Move on Pakistan’ was revealed after the development to have been registered with Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for at least three years, led by Mohammad Kamran, a Faisalabad-based businessman.
Banners were put up in Peshawar, Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Quetta, Hyderabad among other cities.
Mohammad Kamran is fighting a case in a court over the issue.
