PESHAWAR: The Awami National Party (ANP) has threatened to leave the ruling alliance if upcoming by-elections are further postponed.
This was stated by the provincial president of the Awami National Party for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Aimal Wali Khan in a post shared on his official Twitter handle.
The @ANPMarkaz has officially conveyed this message to the federal government that if these by-elections are further postponed then, ANP would withdraw from the election and will be quitting the alliance. We won’t let the RBM runaway this time.
— Aimal Wali Khan (@AimalWali) October 8, 2022
“ANP has officially conveyed this message to the federal government that if these by-elections are further postponed then, ANP would withdraw from the election and will be quitting the alliance,” Aimal Wali said.
After the interior ministry asked the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to postpone the by-elections scheduled for October 16 for 90 days, the ANP released a statement shortly after.
The statement from ANP comes hours after the interior ministry requested the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to postpone by-polls scheduled for October 16 for 90 days.
According to the letter, while the Center and the provinces focused on the restoration process, Pakistan Army and Frontier Corps (FC) men were busy conducting rescue and relief operations in flood-affected areas.
The government added that a political party planned to occupy Islamabad from October 12 to October 17, which could disrupt the October 16 by-elections.
The by-polls for eight vacant seats of the National Assembly will be held on October 16.
The by-polls were scheduled to take place in NA-22 Mardan, NA-24 Charsadda, NA-31 Peshawar, NA-45 Kurram, NA-108 Faisalabad, NA-118 Nankana Sahib, NA-237 Malir and NA-239 Karachi.
