Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain demanded that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) be given powers on the lines of the Indian Election Commission for smooth and orderly conduct of polls.
Talking to a group of reporters at his residence on Tuesday, Hussain said if the PML-N really wanted to see the election commission independent, it should support his proposal.
Without naming the PML-N leaders, who claim that the key to election date was with them, the PML-Q president said they (PML-N) would soon agree that all assemblies be dissolved on a single day. He said if elections to national and provincial assemblies were held on different date, these would have impacts on results of provincial assemblies.
Replying to a question, Hussain said his party has neither proposed names for the caretaker prime minister nor had a final meeting with the government in this connection.
He termed the PML-N sit-in in front of the Parliament as a flop show and said it could not be compared with the one staged by Dr Tahirul Qadri.
ECP should mirror the Indian Election Commission: Shujaat
