Pakistan: Propaganda about delay in elections must stop

Daily Times

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Sunday asked opponents to stop propaganda about the postponement of general elections. Raja said the government was going to complete its five-year term, which was triumph of democracy and the credit for which went to President Asif Ali Zardari. Talking to party office-bearers after offering Fateha for his deceased relative Raja Naseem Afzal, the prime minister said that despite conspiracies, the PPP and its allies played an active role for strengthening democracy and national institutions. “The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is really proud of it,” he said. He assured that the elections would be held on time. Raja hoped that the PPP along with the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid would clean sweep the elections and form governments in all the provinces and Centre