Elections will be held after August 2023 says Pakistan’s PM

Islamabad, The Gulf Observer: Pakistan’s PM Shehbaz Sharif has said “Let me make it absolutely clear that the next elections will be held on time,” that is after August 2023, PM Shehbaz told Anadolu Agency in an interview.

He was responding to questions about his predecessor and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s demand for early elections.

“This government came into being through a constitutional process and enjoys the mandate of the people of Pakistan,” he added.

“The term of the current National Assembly will end in August 2023 to be followed by the establishment of an interim government that will hold elections,” the prime minister explained.

The present coalition government has “representation of all political parties of the country except the PTI and is busy dealing with the issues of great importance.”