Elections will be held on time as it is the demand of the people and ECP should make sure that there is no delay in them. This was stated by the federal minister for Information & Broadcasting, Ms. Marriyum Aurangzeb while talking to the media after addressing a ceremony held at the National Press Club Islamabad with regard to International Day for Thalassemia. She said that if any attempt was made to delay them the PML (N) would resist that move.
Responding to a question she said that 2018 was an election year which also witnessed the completion of ten years of uninterrupted democracy adding that the party which won the franchise of the people in the ensuing elections would form the next government.
She said that Pakistan had fought a successful war against terrorism through Operation Zarb-e-Azb, operation Radul Fasad and Karachi operation, which was still continuing. She said that the armed forces, law enforcing agencies and people had rendered unparalleled sacrifices in the war against terrorism.
Published in Daily Times, May 8th 2018.
