Friendly environment will be provided for peaceful polls: Hassan Askari
It is the responsibility of the caretaker govt to ensure holding free, fair and transparent polls
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Dr Hassan Askari on Wednesday said that the directions of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will be implemented to hold free, fair and transparent elections.
Talking to media on Wednesday, he said that it is the responsibility of the caretaker government to ensure holding free, fair and transparent elections.
The government will provide peaceful environment to the voters during the polling, he said.
Askari went on to say that the democracy strengthen with elections, adding that the confidence of political parties on the caretaker provincial government will revive its performance.
The interim Punjab CM further said: “The provincial government will provide equal opportunities and facilities to all the political parties.”
“We are working in our limits in accordance with the law in a neutrally,” he said and added will do any for the masses if got any chance.
Pakistan will hold a general election on July 25. Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf is expected to be the main challenger.
The outgoing government of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is only the second to complete a five year term in office, which underscores a democratic transition in the nuclear armed nation.
The upcoming election is due to be held at a time of growing political instability, with the ruling PML-N party accusing the powerful military, which has ruled Pakistan for about half its history since independence in 1947, of interfering in politics and trying to weaken it.
The interim administration usually does not make any major decisions except for supervising elections until a new government is elected, though it may be forced to act to shore up the $300 billion economy amid a worsening macro-economic outlook.
