Caretaker Information Minister Murtaza Solangi on Thursday said the law and order situation in the country thus far was not bad enough to hamper polls on February 8 as he stressed the federal cabinet had no “doubt, worry or second thoughts” about holding the upcoming general elections.
His statement comes amid concerns raised by Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F, first over the polls coinciding with winter and then over the security situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
“As a date has been finalised now, no one should have any doubt.” He further said that all needs of the ECP were being fulfilled. When asked if there was ever consideration of extending the current caretaker setup, the minister responded: “There definitely was such a thought, but not among us.
“This [thought] was the creation of those people whose minds are very resourceful; those who make such grand assumptions, and when those [assumptions] collapse, they make [up] others,” Solangi added.
