Sherpao spurns Senate motion seeking election delay

CHARSADDA: Rejecting the Senate resolution seeking the postponement of the February 8 polls, Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Sunday demanded that the general election must be held on its scheduled date without any delay.

Speaking at a press conference in Shabqadar tehsil here, he said the Senate motion demanding delay in holding the elections was meaningless. “The election must be held to enable the people to elect their representatives,” Sherpao added.

Criticising the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leadership, the QWP leader said the PTI popularity graph had started falling, but it was using the so-called regime change theory in a face-saving effort.

He urged the people to use their right to vote to send their representatives to assemblies so that they could work for the uplift of their areas. “We will spare no effort to serve the

people,” he vowed. He said his party had always served the people as it believed in working for the development of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

About the denial of level-playing field, he said the nomination papers of PTI candidates had been accepted so this complaint was not based on reality. He said the PTI was getting unprecedented relief from courts.

Aftab Sherpao said Imran Khan was now looking to the US to bring him to power by writing the article in a foreign magazine. “He is now asking the US to provide him a level-playing field after accusing it of regime change,” he added.

Aftab Sherpao said the voters must not fall for catchy slogans as these were meant to hoodwink them. The voters should check the track record of the candidates before casting their ballots, he added.

He said nobody cared to raise voice for the rights of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa facing financial crunch. All uplift projects in KP had been placed on the backburner, he said, adding that PTI ruled KP for almost a decade, but left the province in dire financial straits. He said the province was buried under a huge loan.