PESHAWAR: Rejecting the Senate resolution seeking the postponement of the February 8 polls, Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Sunday demanded that the general election must be held on its scheduled date without any delay.
Speaking at a press conference in Shabqadar tehsil in Charsadda district, he said the Senate resolution demanding delay in holding the elections was meaningless. Aftab Sherpao said that the election must be held in order to enable the people to elect their representatives.
Criticizing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership, the QWP leader said that its popularity graph had started falling, but it was using the so-called regime change theory in a face-saving effort. He urged the people to use their right to vote in order to send their representatives to the assemblies so that they could work for the uplift of their areas. “We will spare no effort to serve the people,” he vowed. He said that his party had always served the people as it believed in working for the development of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
About the denial of level playing field, he said that the nomination papers of the PTI candidates had been accepted so this complaint was not based on reality. He said the PTI was getting unprecedented relief from the courts.
Aftab Sherpao said Imran Khan was now looking to the US to help him bring to power by writing the article in a foreign magazine. “He is now asking the US to provide him level playing field after accusing it of regime change,” he said.
Aftab Sherpao said the voters must not fall for catchy slogans as these were meant to hoodwink them. He advised the voters to check the track record of the candidates before casting their ballots.
He said that nobody cared to raise voice for the rights of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa facing financial crunch. He said all uplift projects in KP were placed on the backburner. The QWP leader said the PTI ruled KP for almost a decade, but left the province in dire financial straits. He said the province was buried under huge loan.
