LAHORE: Former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry announced a complete boycott of the general elections scheduled on February 8.
Fawad Chaudhry said in a letter written to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), “ If there is no choice in the elections then what is the meaning of such elections”. He said, “I was arrested to withdraw from the election”.
He further wrote that workers were threatened and arrested while nomination papers were rejected without justification. He said his brother was made co-accused by the National Accountability Bureau(NAB after his documents were approved.
The former federal minister said that the ECP has failed miserably in performing its duties and in these circumstances, his group announces a complete boycott of the elections.
It should be noted that Fawad Chaudhry is in the custody of NAB on corruption charges in the housing project in Jhelum.
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Earlier, Abdul Aleem Khan, the president of the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP), has said it is essential to have a stable government in Pakistan. It is expected that the government formed this time will complete five years.
