Daily Times

Interim Punjab Chief Minister Hasan Askari on Friday said the caretaker government would make all possible efforts to ensure free and fair elections.

“All resources will be used to make election peaceful and transparent,” Askari said.

He said that the responsibility given to him would be completed.

“We consider this responsibility as the trust of the nation instilled in us and we will fulfil it,” the interim chief minister said.

Separately, newly appointed Punjab Chief Secretary Akbar Durrani and Punjab Police Inspector General (IG) Kaleem Imam called on the chief minister at the Chief Minister’s House. Durrani and Imam reiterated the resolve to ensure free, transparent, and fair election process.

Askari had taken oath as caretaker Punjab chief minister on June 8.

Speaking to the media soon after his appointment, Askari had said that political parties should not worry about the transparency in the upcoming election.

“We will ensure that free and fair elections are held,” he had asserted.

The caretaker Punjab chief minister had vowed that he would not use his position for wrong purposes and reiterated that he would fulfil his constitutional responsibility.

Published in Daily Times, June 16^th 2018.