By Anzal Amin
ISLAMABAD: Advisor to the Prime Minister on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan Qamar Zaman Kaira Sunday said that it would not be possible to delay elections on the basis of holding a new ‘Census’ by demanding establishing new parties.
Talking to a private news channel, Kaira informed that the process of electoral reforms was already started and the Election Commission was busy in the preparation of conducting elections at its specific time and period.
Replying to a question, he said that delaying elections would not be favorable for the country’s stability and PML-N was also not in favor to delay the process at any cost. “The caretaker setup has a huge responsibility to run a country in an appropriate manner,” he added.
Kaira said that even the issuance of the notification about new census would not stop the process of elections.
“In the caretaker setup, politicians need to come and participate in it and perform with a huge responsibility. As most of the politicians are performing their responsibilities beyond the limits, however the country’s stability lies in the Constitution and rule of law”, he concluded.
Meanwhile, Federal Minister for Water Resources Syed Khursheed Ahmad Shah said on Sunday that assemblies will be dissolved on August 9.
In addition to the dissolution of the National Assembly, both the Sindh and Balochistan assemblies will be dissolved on the same date, August 9, said PPP leader.
Speaking to the media in Karachi, the PPP leader asserted that general elections will be held in the country three months after the dissolution of the National Assembly.
Regarding the formation of a caretaker government, Khursheed Shah revealed that five names have been shortlisted for the position of caretaker prime minister, including political figures.
Earlier, it emerged that Ishaq Dar is likely to become caretaker prime minister (PM) as Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) becomes active to convince coalition parties in this regard.
Ishaq Dar is the current finance minister and is considered to be a close ally of the former prime minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif.
However, the ruling coalition parties, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) had rejected to receive any suggestions from PML-N regarding Ishaq Dar for caretaker prime minister’s (PM) slot.
