Pakistan: Country’s image tarnished by 1990 elections

Radio Pakistan

Information Minister urges PML (N) leadership to pay respect to Supreme Court's verdicts and face investigation. Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that those involved in subverting people's mandate in the 1990 general elections should apologize to the nation. In an interview‚ he said the country's image was tarnished by rigging the elections. He said elections were totally maneuvered by agencies. The Minister said that in the past‚ the PML (N) had come into power through rigging and the Supreme Court verdict in the Asghar Khan has proved this reality. He urged PML(N) leadership to pay respect to the court's verdicts and face investigation. To a question‚ he said that action against those involved in misusing the public money would be taken according to the law. The Minister said that Islami Jamhori Itehad was formed by the generals and the establishment. He said when the PPP came into power in 2008‚ the country was confronted with a host of problems‚ inlcuding terrorism and power load-shedding. The government initiated several steps to steer the country out of the crises.