Ashrafi proposes for holding federal, provincial elections simultaneously.

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister's Special Representative for Interfaith Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Wednesday proposed to hold the federal and provincial elections simultaneously in the country.

Addressing a press conference here, he said free, fair ad transparent elections were not possible until and unless all religious and political parties put their heads together and decide a time frame for holding the elections with mutual understanding in the country.

Ashrafi who is also the chairman of Pakistan Ulema Council seconded the idea of civil society organizations to conduct an 'all parties conference' to get the country out of prevailing political instability and ailing economic conditions.

He said we must bring change in our attitudes as it was causing polarization in every segment of the society particularly in the young generation.

He said the leadership of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) should hold dialogues in a bid to avert political and economic crisis in the country adding that Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif had offered for talks on many times and recently repeated the same on the floor of upper house of parliament.

On the advent of holy month of Ramazan, Ashrafi said all stakeholders as a good will gesture should play their constructive...