An FIR should be registered against those responsible for the violence in Model Town in which 14 people were killed, Wattoo said in a statement.
He praised Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan’s struggle for electoral reforms.
“Social development and transparency go side by side,” Wattoo said in a statement. He said, however, that use of unparliamentarily language by Imran Khan in his speeches was unfortunate.
“Khan is a national leader. He should respect other leaders as well. His behaviour these days does not become a national leader.” Wattoo said Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, too, had used foul language in his previous term.
He asked the government to consider PTI’s demand that prime minister should resign for a month so that an independent inquiry could be launched into rigging claims.
“If rigging is not proved, he [Nawaz Sharif] should become prime minister again,” he said. The PPP leader said the stock market had crashed and foreign reserves decreased due to the current political situation. He said rupee had depreciated against the dollar. He said the situation had damaged the country’s image.
“Rigging negates the purpose of the constitution and democracy. It is regrettable that most elections in the country were rigged… the PPP has been a victim.”
Published in The Express Tribune, August 25th, 2014.
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Shiraz, It is just pathetic that Nawaz's supporter don't see the corruption. Now we know why Pakistan is where it shouldn't be. All those who support the status have gotten together. But I feel this time change for the better will happen.
@Shuaib: What an observation. Turning a blind eye itself means he was a participant in the rigging.Please do not hurt our sensibilities in blind favour of NS.
The claims of Afzal Khan were unsubstantiated. I watched the interview at 4:20 to its end at 6:00 AM. He never said that Kyani rigged but rather turned a blind eye to irregularities. Rigging is when you intentionally do change votes, etc in favour of one or another party. In this case Kyani didn't do that. He didn't fix the irregularities of ALL parties. Lastly I would like to say Afzal's allegations do not equate to rigging. Watch his whole interview.
prime minister and chief minister should resign.