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PTI to suspend Pakistan shutdown if commission formed: Imran
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ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has announced that his party would put off its plan to observe a countrywide protest if government formed a judicial commission to investigate the May 2013 general elections.
Addressing a press conference after party’s emergency meeting at Bani Gala on Sunday, Imran apologised in advance to the people and traders of Lahore for his party’s Monday protest. “People will have to make one-day sacrifice to realise the goal of new Pakistan. There can be no prosperity and genuine democracy without protecting the sanctity of votes,” he said.
He warned that the PTI would give a befitting reply if Rana Sanaullah-like Gullos were unleashed on demonstrators in Lahore. “We want nothing but audit of the last general elections. Four constituencies will not make me a prime minister,” he said. “What I want is the accountability of elections so that next polls could be free and fair,” he said. The PTI chief said that there would be no use of standing in the elections if those involved in rigging escaped unpunished.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk