LAHORE: Interim chief minister of Punjab Dr Hasan Askari has rejected thepresence of Aliens in politics and adding that some parties using the termto channelize their political interest and needs.
CM Punjab said this while talking to media persons on Saturday aftervisiting the national poet Allama Iqbal’s mausoleum in Lahore. Whileresponding to reporters’ questions, CM Askari said about ‘aliens’ — a termfrequently used by the leadership of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N),he observed that political parties use different narratives to gathersupport from voters.
He added that the basic objective of political parties is to get more votesand for this they using different slogans and tactics to win elections andform the government and adding that Aliens is part of the same politicalnarrative that is used by different parties.
CM Askari assured that caretaker governments must provide equalopportunities to all parties.
Askari was nominated as the province’s interim chief minister by theElection Commission of Pakistan (ECP) after a parliamentary committee hadfailed to reach a consensus over the proposed candidates by members of thethen-government and opposition.
He stressed that he will serve the province for a set period of time.Askari told the journalists that he neither had a political agenda in thepast and nor does now.