ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister Mian Javed Latif stated on Wednesday that only fair elections would be able to stop plots and threats against the nation. Speaking at a news conference here, he said that the Pakistan Muslim League (N) had a very clear vision for the 2019 general elections since both institutions and the general public of Pakistan believed that only Nawaz Sharif could lead the nation out of the current challenges. The minister stated that the country’s citizens will decide who would form the next government. He claimed that the situation of May 9th would not have occurred if steps to stop threats, blackmail, and attacks had been made in 2014.
“Facilitators are equally complicit with the main culprit. Today, Israel is talking about going to the United Nations. When such a game (played in Pakistan) takes place in these countries, do other states try to protect these criminals,” he questioned.
Javed Latif observed that foreign funding was given to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) chief from India and Israel with the aim to destabilize Pakistan.
He was of the view the objectives which our enemy could not achieve by army, it achieved on 9th May by investing in the PTI chairman.
The minister said that today some institutions were deliberately expressing pressure on them but in actuality, there was no pressure on them, adding that Parvez Elahi also got relief.
The injustice with Nawaz Sharif should be redressed and action should be taken against the elements involved in the conspiracy, he demanded.
Javed Latif said that senior lawyers and politicians had admitted that injustice had been done to Nawaz Sharif adding that the state was not weak and conspiracies against the country would be foiled in future.
He said “It is in the interest of the country to hold fair and transparent elections on time. The people of Pakistan will decide who will be the next government. If fair and free elections are held, Nawaz Sharif will be elected as Prime Minister for the fourth time”.
“Today, institutions also agree with the public opinion regarding Nawaz Sharif that if he comes, the era of prosperity will begin in the country in two years. The CPEC project will be completed and its fruits will start coming” he added.
In response to a question, Javed Latif said that the way threats were being made and conspiracies hatched, the only solution was timely and fair elections and the thinking of Muslim League-N was clear in that regard.
In response to another question, the minster said that arresting or releasing a criminals was not the responsibility of governments, but the work of state institutions.
