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  • APC agreed to start agitation against the rigged elections

    MMA, PML-N Hosted APC Underway in Islamabad File Photo MMA, PML-N Hosted APC Underway in Islamabad

    Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz President said that his party will decide after the consultation, whether to take oath or not on Sunday.

    Addressing along with Moulana Fazalur Rehman, former Chief Minister Punjab said that all the participants of APC agreed to start agitation against the rigged elections.


    Earlier, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal and Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) hosted the All Parties Conference (APC) aimed to draft strategy against alleged poll rigging in general election 2018.

    All the political parties, who have the reservation on poll results were invited for APC to devised the future course of action.

    The meeting, which was chaired by PML-N president Shehbaz and JUI-F chief Fazalur Rehman focused on parties’ plan of action regarding the results of the General Election 2018. APC was held at JI leader Mian Aslam’s house in Sector F-8.Head of Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Aftab Sherpao, chief minister Gilgit Baltistan Sardar Mehtab, Khurram Dastgir, Sirjual Haq, Akram Durrani, AJK PM, Governor Sindh Muhammad Zubair and MQMs’ Farooq Sattar attended the meeting.

    Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan leader Dr Farooq Sattar also attended the All Parties Conference contrary to Rabitta Committee’s decision.The party’s decision-making body decided to not send their representatives in the APC called by the opposition parties in formulating a joint strategy against the election results after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Jahangir Tareen approached the party to discuss a possible alliance.

    “Kanwar Naveed Jameel is in contact with the Rabitta Committee not me. I was not conveyed decision taken by the committee on the APC,” Sattar said.

    MQM-Pakistan leader Amir Khan rejected Sattar’s claim by maintaining that Rabitta Committee categorically told Sattar to not attend the APC.

    “It was a decision taken by the Rabitta Committee to not attend the APC,” the senior MQM leader said. Earlier, The PPP and MQM-P decided not to attend a multi-party conference (MPC).

    The provisional, official poll results late Thursday showed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), headed by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, in lead.