Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Ahmad Sherpao on Sunday hailed the Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision to ban recruitment in government departments ahead of the general election.
“We welcome this decision as it will help bring transparency in the electoral process,” he told a public meeting at Bakhshi Pull situated on the outskirts of the provincial capital.
He said the next general elections were drawing near and making any recruitment in the government department was tantamount to pre-poll rigging.
Sherpao said at a time when the election for the National and provincial assemblies were about to take place, transfer and posting of government employees was going on besides recruiting people in various departments.
“It is making the electoral process doubtful. This practice should immediately be brought to an end as it is aimed at influencing the electorates.”
Asking the Election Commission to take notice of the pre-poll rigging, he lauded the election body for banning the diversion of funds that have already been allocated for various developments schemes.
Coming down hard on the government for failing to bring peace, Sherpao said the rulers were claiming that peace had been restored, but the situation on the ground belied all such assertions. “The security situation is not satisfactory and it is deteriorating day by day,” he remarked.
The QWP leader said the government had miserably failed to overcome the power crisis due to which the country’s economy was on the verge of going bust.
“No solid step has been taken over the past five years to revive the economy from its moribund state. Industrial units are being closed due to the power crisis. Employment has increased manifold, which is a matter of great concern,” he maintained. Sherpao added that the people were exposed to a host of problems and no effort had been made to give them any relief in the face of skyrocketing inflation.
