Zubair Qureshi
Federal Caretaker Minister for Information & Broadcasting and for Parliamentary Affairs, MurtazaSolangi has clarified security alerts were issued with a view to secure people’s lives and the institutions responsible were taking precautionary measures for public safety.
After addressing a seminar here in Islamabad on Monday, the minister while talking to media said threat alerts had nothing to do with polls, asserting that general elections would be held on Thursday, February 8, 2024.
In response to a question, he said in the past, general elections were successfully conducted despite security issues in the country, and added that there was no problem in conducting the upcoming February 8 general elections as well,” he said.
The minister, citing the examples of the 2008 and 2013 elections, remarked that despite serious security problems these polls were held in a timely manner, and urged the people to have faith in the capabilities of the security agencies.
With just a few weeks remaining for the upcoming polls, Pakistan has recently seen a surge in incidents of terrorism.
