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Interior minister terms merger of MQMP, PSP a ‘ventilator alliance’
Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has claimed of rebellion in Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), saying that senators belonging to the political party have told Imran Khan of voting in Senate elections according to their will and not necessarily in party’s interest.
Talking to media in Narowal, the interior minister claimed that PTI chief Imran Khan was stressing premature elections because senators of PTI have decided to vote as per their will in Senate elections and not follow orders.
He asserted that PTI chief was resorting to negative tactics to hinder democratic process in Pakistan. He warned that there is evidence of immoral and unethical acts from his personal life that he would go into hiding if brought to light.
Ahsan said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has accepted results of the fresh census that was carried out this year after some 19 years, even though Punjab lost nine seats, whereas those of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provinces have increased.
The sixth census in Pakistan was announced by the military and the government in a joint press conference in March earlier this year. If elections were to be conducted in accordance with 1998 census results, KP province would have five lesser seats and Balochistan three, he added.
Commenting on the political crisis in Karachi, Iqbal said that proposed merger of MQMP and PSP was a ‘ventilator alliance’.