Fair Polls Only Solution To End Crisis: Imran.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday said that free and fair elections were the only solution to steer the country out of on-going political and economic crises and the present Election Commission was 'biased' enough to fulfil the demands.

While addressing his supporters through a video link, which had gathered at public places in different cities to celebrate the victory of PTI in the election of chief minister Punjab, Khan said that he was ready to talk to everyone except alleged thieves -a reference to the ruling coalition in the centre.

If I would talk to the corrupt, the society would ruin, he added 'The country is making a new history,' he said, addressing his charged followers. Khan's victory speech was a repeat of his past rhetoric as he did not make any stunning announcement. His speech gave the impression that PTI would continue to rule Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab without moving towards dissolution of two provincial assemblies to push the ruling coalition to announce early elections.

A day earlier, Khan had given a call to his supporters to come out on Wednesday in massive numbers to celebrate as a day of thanksgiving on the election of PTI candidate Chaudhry Parvez Elahi as Punjab CM.

Khan alleged that then Punjab chief minister Hamza Shehbaz tried to rig the July 17 by-polls in connivance with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). 'ECP had a controversial role in these by-polls.' He said that such elections that were recently held in Punjab and Sindh would not be acceptable to the PTI. 'The crisis would deepen further with such an election.'

He reiterated the demand of PTI that new ECP should be reconstituted as PTI being the major political...

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