President calls for fair, free elections.

President Dr Arif Alvi has said that the upcoming general elections should be free, fair, transparent and inclusive. He emphasized that all political parAties and their leadership should be given equal opAportunities to participate in the election process to strengthen democracy in the country. 'Democracy becomes meaningless if people are not able to elect leaders of their choice', he added. The President exApressed these views while talking to the former fedAeral minister and Senator Muhammad Ali Durrani, who called on him at Aiwan-e-Sadr, on Tuesday.

The President was of the view that there was a dire need for political, institutional and stakeholdAers unity in the country to battle the difficulties on all possible fronts, including that of economy. 'BitAterness must end and...