Pakistan has never had rigging-free elections: Sharjeel Memon

HYDERABAD: Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said on Wednesday that not a single election held in Pakistan was free of rigging, DawnNews reported. Speaking to media representatives in Hyderabad, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader also claimed that no political party would accept the government's move to invoke Article 245 of the Constitution and added that if Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif revokes its enforcement, it would go down well with the people. Memon's statement comes days after the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) government announced that it was invoking Article 245 of the Constitution and summoning the army to aid civilian law-enforcement agencies in securing the capital for the coming three months. The government's move has been termed as dangerous by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and has been vehemently criticised by the PPP and other political groups. And while it has been widely speculated that the invocation of Article 245 has some relation to PTI's so-called Azadi March scheduled for August 14, the PML-N has denied that to be the case. Memon today referred to the PML-N's long march during the rule of the PPP-led government and said the party would do well to revoke the enforcement of Article 245. Also read: Political parties oppose govt move to deploy army in Islamabad He moreover claimed that the PML-N has always hestitated to call the Taliban terrorists.