ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Political CommunicationDr Shahbaz Gill on Tuesday threatened that a protest would be stagedoutside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)’s office if it did notimplement the law related to overseas Pakistanis in 90 days.
“Prime Minister Imran Khan fulfilled his promise and gave overseasPakistanis the right to vote. So, the ECP should also grant overseasPakistanis the right to vote within 90 days,” Shahbaz Gill said whileaddressing media in Islamabad.
He said they would stage a protest and go on a hunger strike, but would notwithdraw from the right to vote. He asked the election commission to not tobe influenced by any propaganda.
The PM’s aide added that the PML-N said that overseas Pakistanis had nounderstanding of the local politics. He said overseas Pakistanis investedmoney from abroad in Pakistan.
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“When overseas Pakistanis host PML-N leaders, it is called investment andwhen they ask for the right to vote, then the PML-N leaders forget theinvestment,” he said taking a dig at the leaders of the opposition partyfor opposing the legislation related to the overseas Pakistanis’ right tovote.
Shahbaz Gill said he had been abroad for about a decade, so he fullyunderstood the pain of overseas Pakistanis.
