Key Points
Pakistans caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar said on Tuesday that the loyalists of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan would be allowed to contest the upcoming polls...
Since the unprecedented attack on military installations by the supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on May 9 following the arrest of their leader Khan, there was speculation that members of the party might not be allowed to contest the general elections in January 2024...
Asserting that the government has no plan to place any ban on the PTI, Kakar told reporters here, How can the government commit any such illegality?.
Both the PTI and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) had long been demanding the ECP to give a specific date for the polls..
Meanwhile, the Punjab caretaker government said that the army troops and paramilitary Rangers personnel will be deployed for the elections in the province to perform security duties...
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