LAHORE: Former prime minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif will go to Gilgit-Baltistan on Tuesday to satisfy social gathering ticket holders forward of the June 7 elections.
The GB Election Fee had introduced that normal elections within the area can be held on June 7 after a four-month delay.
On Monday, Punjab Senior Provincial Minister Maryam Aurangzeb stated on X that the PML-N president will go to GB on Tuesday for a one-day go to. Throughout the go to, he’ll meet social gathering leaders and ticket-holders.
“He may also focus on the upcoming elections in Gilgit-Baltistan and issues associated to the event and welfare of the folks of the area,” she stated.
Nawaz has not been lively in politics because the February 2024 normal elections. Nevertheless, he’s serving as head of the Lahore Authority for Heritage Revival. The previous prime minister usually presides over its conferences and oversees measures for the safety of town’s heritage.
The PML-N supremo additionally acts as a political mentor to his daughter and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz.
Earlier in April, Nawaz had vowed that, if elected, the social gathering would give attention to growth in GB.
Nawaz asserted that GB “is as expensive to me as the remainder of Pakistan is, and as Azad Kashmir, Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and KP are”.
PTI alleges pre-poll rigging
The PTI said in a statement on Monday that “systematic pre-poll rigging and state-backed repression” were being carried out ahead of the upcoming GB elections.
“The party believes that the Islamabad-imposed Form-47 government in collaboration with state institutions, the local administration, and law enforcement agencies, is being used to influence the electoral process and suppress political opposition,” the PTI said.
The party also expressed serious concern over the conduct of the GB Election Commission.
“We find it frivolous that a notice was issued to the mother of former chief minister Khalid Khurshid for displaying election posters so that candidates could be forced into quitting PTI and joining government-backed parties,” it said.
The PTI added that the ruling PML-N was openly violating the electoral code of conduct through federal-level campaigning and the use of administrative influence.
“At the same time, PTI lawmakers are being prevented from entering the region. We maintain that the Election Commission’s failure to address these violations, while taking action against PTI candidates and their families, raises serious questions about its impartiality and independence,” it said.
