- PTI Core Committee decides not to accept any invitation from US until it apologises over humiliation of Pak leaders during travel
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Chief Minister (CM) Pervez Khattak told the core committee of the PTI on Wednesday that the provincial government was ready to hold local government (LB) elections on April 30, and was just awaiting a go ahead from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
He said the delimitation process had been completed with no objections to any individual or party, and the only delay was the ECP nod. The PTI’s core committee members were informed that the KPK government had also asked the ECP and NADRA to allow it to hold LB elections in the KPK through biometric system and electronic voting machines, but these organisations had shown absolutely no interest in it. The core committee expressed dismay at this lack of response on the part of NADRA and the ECP, and demanded the ECP to expedite the LB polls preparations in the KPK.
In its meeting, the core committee urged the KPK government to move urgently to pass the Conflict of Interest Law, to which the CM agreed. In addition, the core committee also decided that no PTI core committee member will do any business with the government in that province.
The committee also demanded the federal government to immediately complete all procedures for allowing overseas Pakistanis to vote. The core committee directed its MNAs to introduce a bill in the Parliament to make the necessary constitutional amendments to this end.
It was also reiterated that no legislator, provincial or central, will accept any official US invitation until the US apologises for its humiliation of Pakistani leaders during their travel.
The PTI Core Committee commended its workers for holding their ground on the anti drone issue, which resulted not only in US stoppage of drones but also pushed the Pakistan government to move a resolution in the UN against drones.