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Wednesday, February 06, 2013
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Says PML-N won’t allow delay in polls; overseas Pakistanis should get the right to vote



JEDDAH: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Nawaz Sharif said on Tuesday that “certain forces” were conspiring to delay the general elections.Nawaz Sharif was talking to media persons at the Jeddah airport after performing Umrah along with his family.



Nawaz said postponing the 2013 elections was against the interests of the country and nation. He said his party would not allow such a delay, adding that elections would take place on time.



The PML-N chief’s statement on a “conspiracy” to delay the elections came in the wake of similar statements from Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and Senator Raza Rabbani of the PPP.



Nawaz said that overseas Pakistanis should be allowed to vote in the general elections, adding that it is necessary to pass legislation in this regard. The PML-N chief said the government was reluctant to legislate as it would enable overseas Pakistanis to vote.



He said the PML-N, if it got a majority in the next elections, will certainly give the right of vote to overseas Pakistanis.



Last week, Law Minister Farooq H Naek had told the Senate that while overseas Pakistanis had the right to vote, the absence of a suitable mechanism for the purpose would render this process meaningless, at least for the upcoming general elections.