Pakistan: INTERIM SET UP OPPOSED

The Federal Information Minister, Mr. Qamar Zaman Kaira, has put at rest all speculations by saying that the interim set up will be established once the sitting Government completes its constitutional tenure. He specifically said that the interim set up can be established after March 16 next as the Government is completing the constitutional tenure on March 18 next. After the categorical statement from the Qamar Zaman Kaira, the minister informed other political parties that the Government is not holding negotiation on this issue. Thus he had closed the chapter We are opposed to the formation of any interim set up as it proved useless and powerless in the past and they played no role to curb electoral fraud and powerful personalities and dishonest groups in politics manipulated the elections in their own favour. The public functionaries rigged the elections at will and ensured that their favourites should return to the Assembly. They succeeded in their efforts to dominate the assemblies by sending their own handpicked people. Transparent elections are not possible under the present circumstances as powerful sections in our Government and society will not allow their opponents to win the election with comfortable majority to rule the country single-handedly. As the interim set up is unable to prevent poll rigging and electoral fraud, there is no need to form an interim Government for a few months.