CM Elahi rejects ECP’s notification of delimitations of constituencies,

LAHORE ( Dunya News ) – Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi said on Saturday Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan attached importance to the national interests of the country while taking key decisions.

The chief minister met former Punjab Assembly speaker Afzal Sahi and lawyer Faisal Chaudhry and they discussed the development projects in Jhelum and Faisalabad. Mr Elahi said the direction of the Punjab government was right but the politics of the federal government was based on insincerity and it had ruined the country’s economy in a few months.

He added that dishonest politics of the ruling coalition had put the country on the brink of destruction. The Pakistan Democratic Movement parties, he said, could not compete with Imran Khan.

CM has rejected the notification of the Election Commission of Pakistan regarding the delimitation of union councils.

Mr Elahi presided over a session in which Punjab Assembly Speaker Muhammad Sibtain Khan, provincial ministers Mian Aslam Iqbal Raja Basharat and Mian Mahmoodul Rasheed participated.

The detailed overview of the ECP’s notice was held and it was decided with unanimity to dismiss this notification because it did not fulfill the legal demands. The CM added that the decision to issue a notification by the ECP was an effort to bulldoze the people’s views because locals were not taken into consideration.

Describing his government s response to the notice, he said legal method would be utilised and the Punjab government would play its role as per the law and constitution. He added that apparently the released notification was an effort to support one particular party and therefore, concerns were expressed.