LAHORE: Former Prime Minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan Friday offered conditional talks to coalition government over the possibility of early general elections, saying if assemblies were dissolved in two provinces around 66 percent of Pakistan would have to vote for the by-polls.
“Give us a date for elections or we will dissolve the KP and Punjab assemblies,” Khan said in a video address to the PTI’s Punjab parliamentary party from his Lahore residence in Zaman Park.
While extending an invitation to the PDM government over the possibility of early general elections, Imran Khan said that 66% of Pakistan would have to vote for the by-polls if assemblies were dissolved in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
He went on to say that PTI has the full backing of PML-Q and CM Punjab Chaudhry Pervez Elahi will dissolve the provincial assembly on his first call.
The former premier contended that his party’s decision to quit the Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa assemblies is in the better interest of Pakistan.
Khan said the whole world was saying “Pakistan is galloping towards default”. “Remittances have started falling, tax collection is shrinking, and default risks are growing higher and higher, while Ishaq Dar is sitting silent in a corner.”
He said that the move will lead to early elections in Pakistan, which in turn will stabilize the economy and “give confidence to the market and investors.”
He also stated that the current government was hitting a dead-end in its efforts to stabilize Pakistan’s economy.
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“The government is out of options now,” he said.
