{"id":16956,"date":"2022-05-21T12:57:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T07:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=16956"},"modified":"2022-05-21T12:57:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T07:57:56","slug":"polls-are-inappropriate-under-the-existing-ecp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/05\/21\/polls-are-inappropriate-under-the-existing-ecp\/","title":{"rendered":"Polls are inappropriate under the existing ECP."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Friday, PTI Secretary General Asad Umar stated that his party had lost faith in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and requested that it be reconstituted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the issuance of the order in the matter of the dissident MPAs, the PTI leader made these remarks outside the ECP headquarters in the federal capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Asad Umar, if general elections were held under the existing ECP without the approval of the country&#8217;s main political party, the people would question the elections&#8217; legitimacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with reporters, he emphasized the importance of new elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He claimed Imran Khan was conducting war against dirt in politics, such as the buying and selling of conscience for financial gain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the disqualification of 25 traitors, the PTI leader emphasized that the remainder of the plot, which resulted in a change of government, should be overturned as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Following the ECP&#8217;s decision against the turncoats, there is no longer any rationale for the Punjab administration to function,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He claimed that individuals who used to say ridiculous things, including the present Prime Minister, are now begging for a meeting of the National Security Committee to decide on the price of gasoline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PTI has asked that ECP members quit on numerous occasions, accusing Chief Election 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