'Free and fair' elections only solution to political crisis: Hamza.

Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz on Saturday said "free and fair elections" were the only solution to the political crisis in the country, as he expressed confidence that the PML-N was prepared to face PTI chairman Imran Khan in the political battleground.

At a media talk in Faisalabad, he said that Pakistan was presently facing several challenges when it came to the economy and governance. "In the last four years, they (the PTI) did nothing but lie. Imran Khan never fulfilled his promise of a 'naya Pakistan' and instead destroyed the old one."

So now, Hamza continued, the governments - both federal and provincial - have begun the journey to revive the old Pakistan where "the growth rate was 5.8 per cent, labourers were paid on time, and essential food items were available".

"We will work with our allies and take steps that will be beneficial for the public," he vowed. "And I believe that in the upcoming period, whenever economic reforms are completed, free and fair elections are the only solution to the crisis in the country.

"I am hopeful that despite all these challenges, God will...