ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Saturday announced that a white paper will soon be presented to highlight the government’s performance in the last three years.
Addressing a press conference, PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said the aim of the white paper was to expose the government’s “corruption, prejudicial accountability and election rigging”.
“The evidence is being gathered and a white paper will be presented from the PDM’s platform. [expose] Government in front of the people,” the former prime minister said.
Abbasi’s press conference came after a meeting of the opposition coalition’s steering committee, which considered the recommendations submitted during the August 11 meeting in Islamabad.
“The reason for the failures of the present government is the rigging of the 2018 general elections, and unless the affairs of this country are in conformity with the Constitution, the problems of the people cannot be resolved,” the former prime minister said.
“It is quite clear that democracy cannot flourish in Pakistan unless the elections are transparent and without interference,” he said.
He said that the representatives of all the parties involved in the meeting supported these views and reiterated that running the country as per the Constitution is the need of the hour.
He said the participants have drawn up a schedule for rallies across the country, which will be presented before a meeting that will be attended by all party chiefs.
“The meeting will be held on August 28 and it will finalize the schedule,” Abbasi said.
The PDM had earlier announced that it would hold a “huge” anti-government rally in Karachi on August 29.
He said those attending today’s meeting reiterated their disapproval of “unilateral” electoral reforms, which they termed as an attempt by the government to “steal” the next elections.
Abbasi said that the government was trying to snatch away the right of the people to choose their representatives by introducing electoral reforms.
About six months ago the PDM had issued an initial “Charter of Pakistan” aimed at resolving the issues of the people, however, work on it had been stalled, and could not be completed, he said.
Abbasi said a committee has been formed which will prepare another “Charter of Pakistan” within six weeks and present it to the leaders of the PDM. “The aim will be to establish a real democracy in the country,” he said.
Responding to a question, the former prime minister said that Maulana Fazlur Rehman had congratulated the Taliban for taking over the country as the head of the JUI-F. “It is not a hidden fact,” he said.
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