(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The prime minister's statement comes against the backdrop of protest rallies by several parties and declarations by PTI chief Imran Khan and cleric Dr Tahirul Qadri that 2015 would be the election year.
Islamabad: Rejecting calls for early polls Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that 2018 would be the year for Pakistanis to judge and decide which political party to vote into power.
"They (citizens) will have a chance to vote in or vote out any party" he said in a statement issued here. "All political forces have a stake in the democratic system and we all know that loyalty to the constitution is imperative for us and it is no longer an issue of choice" the prime minister said.
The prime minister's statement comes against the backdrop of protest rallies by several parties and declarations by PTI chief Imran Khan and cleric Dr Tahirul Qadri that 2015 would be the election year.
Nawaz said that no system is perfect but the constitution and parliamentary democracy are the only tools to remove imperfections in the existing system.
"We will provide a better and prosperous Pakistan when we enter in the election mode in 2018" said the premier.
The PTI has been holding countrywide anti-government demonstrations to protest against the government’s alleged corruption and rigging in the 2013 general election. The opposition party has been demanding that Nawaz step down as the country's prime minister paving way for an ‘independent inquiry’ into electoral rigging and subsequent elections.
The prime minister’s statement comes as the PTI gears up to hold what it promises as a landmark rally in the federal capital Islamabad on November 30.
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