Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb talking to the media outside Ehtesab and Supreme Court here Friday said that voices in support of giving respect to vote were resonating throughout the country and in the times to come the power of democracy and constitution would have ascendancy over everything else.
Marriyum said that whatever had happened to the last seventeen prime ministers would not be allowed to be done to the elected prime ministers in the future.
She said that the masses wanted the elections to be held on time and God willing they would take place in time.
Marriyum said that there were lot of speculations about the holding or otherwise of the Senate elections but they did happen on time irrespective of whatever transpired during those elections. She said that the timely holding of election was the victory of democracy.
The minister welcoming the statement by the CJ to ensure the holding of elections on time because constitution did not allow any delay, said that he should take notice for holding of transparent and unblemished general elections in 2018 making sure that all the political parties had a level playing field lest the PML (N) was ousted from the general elections like the senate elections. She expressed the hope that after CJ's statement all efforts would be made to ensure the holding of fair and transparent elections in the country.