Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Pakistan: Bilour challenges Imran to open NA-01 Peshawar for scrutiny

Former federal minister for Railways, Ghulam Ahmed Bilour has challenged Chairman PTI Imran Khan and demanded from ECP to open the Imran Khans’s constituency for vote scrutiny. He said that he will leave the politics, if rigging is not proved in NA-01, Peshawar. Addressing the joint session of Parliament, Senior Awami National Party (ANP) leader and former federal minister for Railways, Ghulam Ahmed Bilour said that the leadership of the protesting parties is using derogatory language, adding that Imran Khan can “never become the prime minister of the country”.
Bilour said that a great amount of money was spent on election campaigns and hurled accusations at the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman for allegedly taking money from people to become the prime minister of the country. After failing, he is struggling to become premier through unlawful means, said Bilour.
About Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri, the senior ANP leader said that he was following an international agenda. Bilour said that Qadri wanted to rule without constitution or democracy.
The political rivalry between PTI and ANP deepened after the general elections last year, with the ANP witnessing its first-ever crushing defeat in the district. The ANP’s popularity bubble burst in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa last year as PTI swept the provincial Assembly seats to secure a government in the province in coalition with the Jamaat-i-Islami.
Joint sessions of Parliament continue for the second week since protesters crossed red lines to spill onto Constitution Avenue in Islamabad, demanding the ouster of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The ANP threw its weight behind the government and criticised the protesting PTI for resorting to what it calls “unconstitutional” means for the removal of the premier.

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