Imran terms Gilgit-Baltistan development packages ‘pre poll rigging’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan lashed out at Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday, for announcing development packages for Gilgit-Baltistan ahead of the local government...
April 14, 2015
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan lashed out at Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday, for announcing development packages for Gilgit-Baltistan ahead of the local government elections, terming the act a form of ‘pre-poll rigging’.
The PTI chairman took to social media to criticize the prime minister.
Strongly condemn Nawaz Sharif's continuing efforts at pre poll rigging in GB by announcing dev package for GB as an electoral gimmick 1/2
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) April 14, 2015
2/2 This follows his earlier moves to appoint his fed minister as governor GB, a PMLN loyalist caretaker govt & election commissioner.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) April 14, 2015Imran Khan termed the action ‘brazen poll rigging’ and one that was ‘absolutely unacceptable’. He said the PMLN must learn the 'essentials of democracy' which include ‘free and fair elections’.
He alleged that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has not been unable to rise above cronyism and the use of money to buy influence.
This brazen pre poll rigging is absolutely unacceptable. PMLN must learn essentials of democracy beginning with fair & free elections. 1/2
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) April 14, 20152/2 So far Nawaz Sharif has not been able to rise above cronyism and use of money to buy influence.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) April 14, 2015
