PPP demands interim govt

Published January 1, 1970
SUKKUR, May 3: Yasmeen Shah, President PPP Jacobabad, has demanded that President Gen Pervez Musharraf should step down and said that an interim setup should be constituted to hold free and fair elections.

She was speaking at a meeting of PPP women workers in Shah House, Jacobabad, on Friday, which was attended by more than 100 activists.

She said that President Musharraf did not get more than five per cent votes, adding that women all over Pakistan did not cast their votes at all. She said in this situation the president should resign and set up an interim government.

Ms Shah said that the only solution to take out the country from uncertainty and crisis was the setting up of an interim government for the holding of free, fair and transparent election and reorganising independent election commission.

She congratulated the people of Jacobabad, specially women, who rejected the referendum and stayed at home on the polling day.

SHOT DEAD: Eight armed men shot dead Gul Mohammed Narejo at his house near Gambat, on Friday, over a matrimonial dispute. Police have registered a case against five persons.

Opinion

Money and man

Money and man

There is no ambiguity about whether very high inflation devastates society; but economists are not entirely sure how much influence high interest rates hold in controlling inflation.

Editorial

Another approach
Updated 01 Jun, 2024

Another approach

Conflating the genuine threat it poses with the online actions of a few misguided individuals or miscreants seems to be taking the matter too far.
Torching girls’ schools
01 Jun, 2024

Torching girls’ schools

PAKISTAN has, in the past few weeks, witnessed ill-omened reminders of a demoralising aspect of militancy: the war ...
Convict Trump
01 Jun, 2024

Convict Trump

AFTER a five-week trial saga, a New York jury on Thursday found former US president Donald Trump guilty of ...
Uncertain budget plans
Updated 31 May, 2024

Uncertain budget plans

It is abundantly clear that the prime minister, caught between public expectations and harsh IMF demands, is in a fix.
‘Mob justice’ courts
31 May, 2024

‘Mob justice’ courts

IN order to tackle the plague of ‘mob justice’ that has spread across the country, the Council of Islamic...
Up in smoke
31 May, 2024

Up in smoke

ON World No Tobacco Day, it is imperative that Pakistan confront the creeping threat of tobacco use. This year’s...