ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Core Committee announced that the party gave finishing touches to its preparations for the upcoming general elections including the finalisation of the lists of the potential ticketholders in the face of the worst state coercive measures and blatant interference in the election process.
PTI Core Committee, in its meeting held on Friday, held a detailed deliberation on the issues pertaining to the distribution of tickets for the general elections in the light of the instructions of PTI Founding Chairman Imran Khan.
The forum revealed that the party was all-set for the general elections slated to be held on February 8 and all preparations including the lists of final ticketholders of National and Provincial Assemblies were completed in this regard.
PTI Core Committee lauded the efforts of the candidates to submit their nomination papers on a large scale and to get them approved despite the worst state oppression and suppression and blatant interference in the election process.
The participants strongly condemned and rejected the passage of the unconstitutional, illegal and undemocratic resolution in the senate seeking postponement of the elections.
PTI Core Committee recalled that the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa, had given a clear order for holding free, fair and transparent general elections on February 8, 2024 in its decision of November 3, 2023.
The forum emphasised that at this juncture, the country could not afford instability created as a result of unconstitutional efforts like postponement of elections.
They expressed apprehensions that the unconstitutional steps to delay polls beyond the scheduled date of February 8 would push the country into the quagmire of socio-economic crises.
PTI Core Committee alarmed that cynical attempts to influence the timely conduct of elections or their transparency would lead to chaos and instability in the country and it would be next to impossible for the next government to steer the country out of the chaotic situation.
The forum urged that all state institutions should take effective and cogent measures to ensure timely, free and transparent conduct of elections on February 8 by fulfilling their constitutional responsibilities so as to put the country on the path of progress and prosperity.
