Imran responds to CEC ‘child’s play’ statement

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan responding the Chief Election Commissioner’s statement said on Tuesday, that he never thought holding elections was akin to child’s play.

Imran Khan added that all parties have stated the elections were rife with irregularities and in light of the allegations only one solution remains –holding re-elections.

Speaking to journalists in Islamabad, Khan said he never wanted to return to the National Assembly and only went because of the Yemen issue. He made it clear that he will accept the assembly’s legitimacy if the ECP declares it so.

Earlier the Chief Election Commissioner Sardar Raza Khan was quoted in media reports to have remarked that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police had turned a blind eye towards law and order problems on elections day and was unable to control the situation on ground.

The CEC was quoted to have further said, that holding elections again was not akin to child’s play (Gudday Guddi Ka Khel Nahin Hai) adding that the Election Commission will decide what needs to be done.

Imran Khan reiterated his prediction that 2015 is the year for general elections in Pakistan. He told journalists that he feels that general elections will take place before the local government elections are held in Punjab.