Russia-Ukraine war is affecting the whole world: Liaqat Baloch

LAHORE, Mar 04 (SABAH): Deputy Chief of Jamaat-e Islami Pakistan and former parliamentary leader Liaqat Baloch has said that the Russia-Ukraine war is affecting the whole world. Asia and Europe will have a negative impact on internal and external affairs. Prices of oil and gas products will rise. Poor countries will be hit by more catastrophic inflation. It is a great tragedy for Pakistan that the government is not formulating a unified national strategy on the changing situation in Kashmir, Afghanistan and the region. That is why foreign policy is misguided and harmful. On the foreign front, Pakistan is becoming isolated and the foreign minister has been leading absent and ridiculous protests on the foreign front for days. The government’s incompetence and irresponsible behavior is the cause of its decline.

In a statement issued on Friday, Liaqat Baloch said that the outcome of the no-confidence motion is yet to come but it is clear that the failure, incompetence, recklessness and economic catastrophe of the Imran Khan government has led to uncertainty and instability. On the political front, whether hotchpotch is cooked, melted or left uncooked, in any case, uncertainty and chaos will increase. The only way to protect the constitution, democracy and the people’s democratic right to vote is for the national leadership to agree to resign and hold early elections. The constitutional and democratic way of failing the federal and provincial governments is to turn to the people for a public mandate.

Liaqat Baloch welcomed the decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to formulate electoral reforms and electoral code of conduct in consultation with political parties. Recommendations for Electoral Reforms, Code of Conduct will be presented by the party at the conference convened by the Election Commission. In order to exclude state institutions from the political electoral process, political parties must refrain from using every legitimate and illegitimate tactic, reckless use of wealth and creating a false, deceptive and emotionally charged environment for victory. It is essential to strengthen the democratic culture of freedom in decision-making and recognition of the decisions of the people.