Current set-up won’t last more than five months: Haleem

PTI Sindh President Haleem Adil Sheikh has said that he doesn’t see the current government lasting more than five months.

Speaking to the media after filing a contempt petition against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in the Sindh High Court (SHC), Haleem even volunteered to return to jail if proven wrong.

He said that the current political set-up is a result of preplanned actions, terming it “PDM-2” with an absence of a genuine opposition in Sindh. He lamented the alleged theft of youth votes, claiming that the PTI had won 20 National Assembly seats in Karachi and two in Hyderabad, and stressed his party’s commitment to reclaiming its purportedly stolen mandate.

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Haleem claimed that the incumbent Sindh Assembly is hosting those who were rejected by people, questioning the “selection process” behind their inclusion.

Referring to the imprisonment of PTI’s top leadership, Haleem criticised the ECP for its handling of the electoral process, accusing it of violating the Constitution.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 28^th, 2024.