Caretaker Federal Minister for Information, Broadcasting, and Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Solangi said on Thursday that major political parties must give a vision for the country’s economic future. Delivering his speech at the seminar on “Pakistan Elections 2024: Economic Reforms Agenda of Political Parties”, hosted by the Press Information Department, he said, “Political parties should give a vision for the betterment of the country.” The minister said emphatically that improvement of the economy and economics was the need of the hour. Stressing the need to discuss the country’s issues openly, he said everyone should agree on the country’s economic direction. There was no political ban, but there should be no politics on the country’s future, Murtaza Solangi maintained. The minister opined that politics was the concentration of the economy and economic interests. “Our main issues are education, health, gender equality,” Murtaza Solangi remarked. The minister requested that future rulers and political parties bring a realistic economic reform agenda and refrain from making promises that were difficult to fulfill. The minister said 2024 was the year of elections, which would be held on February 8. “No one should have any doubt about holding elections in the country,” he said. The minister said that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), using its authority, had given the date of elections, and it stood by that position. He said that the ECP was the only constitutional institution in Pakistan to give the schedule and date, and no other institution had the power to change it. “We are bound to fulfill the financial, administrative, and security requirements of the Election Commission, and we will fulfill this responsibility,” Murtaza Solangi said. He said it was written in the constitution’s preamble that this country would be run by its elected representatives. He said that, per the constitution, the unelected people had no authority to decide the country’s future. Secretary of Information and Broadcasting Shahera Shahid and Executive Director General of the Press Information Department, Dr Tariq Mehmood Khan, were also present. Experts on economic affairs and journalists covering financial beat also attended the seminar.