Pakistan to face downfall after JUI win, says Pak I&B Minister

New Delhi/Islamabad, Dec 21 : Pakistan Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Fawad Chaudhry, on Tuesday predicted Pakistan would face "downfall" after the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) scored big in the first phase of local body elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, The News reported.

Addressing a post-cabinet press conference, Chaudhry termed the victory as "unfortunate", as he stressed that the party "is against womens rights and is a supporter of extremist policies when it comes to religion".

"Imran Khan is the leader of the federation, and it is important for the leadership and workers of PTI to put aside their differences and strengthen Imran Khan," Chaudhry said."Without Imran Khan, Pakistans politics would disintegrate," he added.

The minister said that it was a "misfortune that a party that should have been dismantled" won in the local body polls because of "our mistakes"."Due to administrative problems, we suffered some setback in the local body elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa," Chaudhry maintained, adding that PTI is "the only national party in the country", the report said.He said parties like JUI could not be PTIs substitute, whereas PML-N and PPP "had no place" in national politics.

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Minister said it was "a misfortune" that a party which should have been dismantled won the polls in local bodies because "our errors"Chaudhry claimed that "Due to administrative issues, we experienced some setbacks in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa local body elections", adding that PTI was "the only national party" in the country.According to him, parties such as JUI cannot be PTI’s replacement while PML-N or PPP have "no place" in national politics.#Pakistan #downfall #Delhi #Imran Khan.