*ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Naeemul Haque on Thursdaysaid that he is not contesting the upcoming general elections as one needs“crores” to enter the electoral arena in the current political system, ARYNews reported.*
“These days, you need to have at least two or three crores (20 or 30million) to contest polls in Pakistan and I am not in a position to spendsuch a huge amount.. in this rotten (political) system we have no one tospeak about the problems common people are facing,” said the PTI leader.
Naeemul Haque maintained that he is not a traditional politician and doesnot hold influence in a particular constituency otherwise he could havecontested from any of the 21 constituencies of Karachi.
He, however, added that his party didn’t award tickets on the basis ofinfluence, money or power.
“I hope, when Imran Khan ascends to premiership, we (PTI) will bring suchchanges to the system that poor people of the country too can participatein the political process and poverty doesn’t become an obstacle in theirway,” said Naeemul Haque.
About the protests outside PTI chief Imran Khan’s house over distributionof party tickets, he said that no other party allows its workers toquestion party chief’s decision but PTI, as a democratic party, allows thisdifference of opinion.
“Their (the protesters’) demands have been heard and a review panel hasalso been formed,” concluded the PTI leader.