PTI won’t leave field open for opponents in Punjab by-polls: Qureshi

Former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Saturday that PTI was a political party and it would not leave the field open for opponents in upcoming Punjab by-elections.

He was speaking to the media in Multan after acceptance of nomination papers of his son, Zain Qureshi for by-poll in PP-217, to be held on July 17.

Qureshi stated that PTI would continue its fights for eradication of ‘outdated system’ in the country.

He also alleged that government resources were being utilised in the election campaign of PML-N candidate.

Responding to a question about grand dialogue on economy, Qureshi stated that grand dialogue was not a bad thing but it should be done during the tenure of the government with a fresh mandate after general elections.

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He stated the present government was a “temporary regime”, based on political parties having different political ideologies.

He stated that achievements of last regime of PTI were mentioned in recently-released economic survey.

The PTI government, he said, performed amicably in exports, remittance, industrial growth, agriculture uplift and many other sectors of economy, adding that it wanted transparent elections.

Responding to a question, Qureshi remarked that he did not know about the duration of the present assemblies.

To another question about issuance of ticket to his son, Qureshi observed that Zain was nominated after consultation within the party.