PM can face contempt over elections delay: Sh Rashid.

ISLAMABAD: The Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Saturday that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif could face contempt of court over delay in elections. In a series of tweets, the former interior minister said the tenure of the caretaker government would end after 90 days, adding that the government had postponed the elections due to rising popularity of the PTI Chairman Imran Khan. "Those who are not ready to hold elections on April 30 will not let it happen even on October 8," he said. Sheikh Rashid said inflation had broken all records as it hovered around 50 percent, adding that such a situation would prove the last nail in the coffin of the coalition government. He said the international community was worried about Pakistan but rulers were busy...

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