ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Friday that voices in support of giving respect to vote were resonating throughout the country, adding, in the times to come, the power of democracy and constitution would have ascendency over everything else.
Talking to media, Marriyum Aurangzeb said that whatever had happened to the last seventeen premiers would not be allowed to be done to the elected ones in the future.
She said that the masses wanted the elections to be held on time and God willing they would take place in time. She said that there were a lot of speculations about the Senate elections but they did happen on time irrespective of whatever transpired during those elections. She said that the victory of democracy would be to hold elections on time.
While welcoming the statement of the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Saqib Nisar to ensure the elections on time, she said that he should take notice to hold transparent and unblemished general elections in 2018 to make sure all the political parties had a level playing field unlike in the Senate elections where PML-N was ousted.
She said that Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) should fulfill its responsibility in that regard. She said that the PML-N was the largest political party in the country and the result of 2018 election would hopefully reflect that reality.
The minister, referring to Hasil Bizenjo and Mehmood Khan Achakzai, said that they had the voice of the people behind them who had elected them. She said that the party led by Asif Ali Zardari was not the real PPP and whatever it was doing under his stewardship was a negation of the original creed.