LAHORE: Reiterating his call for holding early elections, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan said that a “fresh mandate” was needed for bringing stability in the country as the federal government had failed to fulfill their duties.
Addressing a press conference on Monday, Imran stressed upon holding early general election saying: “It is better for the government to hold elections as early as possible.”
Imran dubbed Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as a “puppet” of the Sharif family and accused him of working only for saving the “Sharif family’s corruption”.
Referring towards the recent decrease in the value of rupee, he said that the government did not have the ability to deal with the economic crises.
He went on to say that the economy of the country would continue to get worse if the government would carry on.
Demand for FATA-KP merger
Imran continued to demand the merger of Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa saying: “The National Action Plan has clearly stated that FATA must be mainstreamed and merged with KP.”
“”FATA should be merged with KP as soon as possible,” said the PTI chief.
He further said that the delay in FATA-KP merger would allow terrorism to return in the province.
Model Town inquiry report
Commenting on the Model Town inquiry report, Imran said that the report had clearly implicated Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah.
“How the both can be prosecuted, if the power remains in their hands,” he said.
He also demanded them to resign immediately.