NAUDERO: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Tuesday demanded timely elections on the basis of new delimitations, and said that they will not be a party to any movement that may result in derailing the system or undermining the parliament. “The party wishes to make it clear that it will not permit any disruption in the continuity of democratic process,” it said. “The PPP will not be a party to any movement that may result in derailing the system or undermining the parliament,” he said. The party also expressed concern over the levying of new taxes on people of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) without giving them their rights, and which had led to mass protests in the area. Senator Farhatullah Babar said that the CEC also expressed grave concern over the discrimination in accountability of political leaders from Punjab and those from Sindh.

Source: Pakistan Today December 26, 2017 19:48 UTC