- Candidates not to take oath till demands are met
ISLAMABAD, July 27: The All Parties Conference, which was convened by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), rejected the results of the July 25 general election result.
PML-N president Shehbaz and JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman spoke to the media after presiding over the APC meeting on Friday.
“People have been robbed of their mandate,” Fazlur Rehman said, added, “people claiming victory in the elections, we reject their claims as well.”
He remarked: “We want democracy. We have sacrificed so much for democracy to prosper in the country.” People who think they have won fairly should know that they have no real power, he said. He further said that they will organise protest demonstrations in different parts of the country till elections are held again.
It is pertinent to note that main political parties such as Pakistan Peoples Party and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan did not attend the APC.
With regards to the parties who didn’t attend the APC, he said that they will be contacted once again and asked to be a part of their struggle.
Fazlur Rehman, who lost from both NA-38 and NA-39, also shared that the APC participants have decided that their leaders will not take their oaths till their demands are met.
However, he added, that the decision of the PML-N will be confirmed later.
Shehbaz explained that he needs time to discuss the proposition with the central executive committee of the PML-N. “I need time to discuss if we will take the oath or not,” he said.
Reiterating his earlier claims, Shehbaz said that votes were rigged.
The APC meeting, which was held at JI leader Mian Aslam’s house in Sector F-8, focused on parties’ plan of action regarding the results of the General Election 2018.
PML-N leaders Shehbaz, Sardar Mehtab, Khurram Dastgir and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi along with JUI-F’s Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Akram Durrani attended the meeting.
The provisional, official poll results late Thursday showed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), headed by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, in lead.-Agencies
