Election schedule to be issued before April 5, claims Sheikh Rashid.

ISLAMABAD -- Awami Muslim League (AML) Chief Sheikh Rashid on Friday claimed that schedule for the upcoming general elections would be issued before April 5 - the only demand Imran Khan-led Pakistan Teheek-e-Insaf (PTI) has since its government was overturned through a vote of no-confidence in April last year.

Earlier, the former interior minister predicted that the polls schedule would be rolled out in March and April.

Talking to journalists in Rawalpindi, Rashid warned that provocative statements by the interior and foreign ministers aimed at economic crisis would worsen the internal situation. 'Internal threats have arisen from the statements of the interior and foreign ministers.'

Earlier, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, in an interview with a Pakistani news channel, had said...

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