Adviser to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chair and senior leader of party, Dr. Waseem Shahzad has said that his party will aggressively resist any attempt to hold local body (LB) election in federal capital, Islamabad on non-party basis.
Talking to representatives of PTI belonging to different union councils (UCs) of the city who met him at his office on Tuesday, Dr Waseem Shahzad said that his party hails the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) decision regarding holding of LB elections on party basis. The delegation comprised of PTI representatives Sajid Malik, Mubbashir Abbasi, Sabtain Satti, Wajahat Bukhari, Raja Babar and others.
Dr Waseem was of the view that the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) fears defeat in LB polls that is why it was insisting non-party basis elections in Islamabad.
He said that holding LB polls on non-party basis is a violation of the basic human rights enshrined in Article 17(2) of the Constitution of Pakistan, and this should not be allowed at any cost.
He said that youth belonging to PTI, and supporters of the party through their acts and deeds, would prove that PTI is stronghold and a major political force, and it will not let anybody to violate their rights.
Dr Waseem Shahzad said that PTI is not only serving the masses in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the province led by party, or the people constituencies where its representatives were in power. It also raises a voice for the basic rights of its fellow citizens where they are in trouble irrespective of their political affiliation, area or any other consideration.
He vowed that PTI while continued its political role to resolve the internal issues and international issues confronting the national sovereignty and stability of the country due to which masses also have to suffer.
The PTI representatives hailing from different UCs of the federal capital expressed their complete confidence in party’s leadership and assured the party leader of complete support in upcoming LB elections and to spare no efforts in this regard.
