General election to be held on time: Marriyum Aurengzeb

ISLAMABAD, April 22: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has said that the parliament will complete its tenure and next general elections will be held on time.In a video statement on Friday, the information minister said that the people will elect their representatives through free and fair next elections. She said that former prime minister Imran Khan was removed from his office as per constitution.Marriyum said that price hike has reached 16 percent due to incompetence of the previous government. She reiterated the incumbent government’s resolve to address economic challenges of the country.Separately, talking to the media persons, Marriyum Aurangzeb said that ‘economic terrorism’ and autocratic steps like attack on the Parliament and the Constitution were hallmarks of the four-year misrule of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan.Imran had attacked the Constitution as he tried to scuttle the constitutional move to remove him from the prime minister’s office through a vote of no-confidence, but ironically he was asking others for course correction, she said. Marriyum asked Imran to apologise to the nation for skyrocketing prices of staple food items . – TLTP