Naseebullah
Election for the Sixteenth assembly has been held on ith February 2024. A hung parliament has come into force where the PTI led independent with 91 seats are leading while the PMLN and PPP have gotten 79 and 54 seats respectively. While in the provincial elections Muslim League is the leading party in Punjab, the PTI in the KPK, the PPP in Sindh, and the PPP, the PMLN, and the JUIF are leading parties in Balochistan. Like other elections blame game of rigging has been started. Those who won and those who lost all parties have been putting fingers on one another. Cases are being filed which will continue for years. Whereas sit in and road blocks have started in the KPK and most parts in Balochistan against election results. A hung parliament which will be led by the PMlN (who has announced Shahbaz Sharif as its prime minister) with co parties the PPP and the MQM along the some independents and smaller parties. This situation will probably lead the state towards more Political instability and economic fragility. Sanity must prevail. Politicians should set togather and formulate a charter of democracy and charter of economy for at least 5 years. The leadership should focus on Pakistan,s place in International politics where new alignments are in the making which will have far reaching implications on Pakistan too. Meanwhile, Opposition that is the backbone of political system should play a constructive role. The leadership of all political parties should set togather and propose concrete planning with respect to reforms in election commission and other related institutions so that to end the mantra of rigging once and for all. In this regard, the political parties and their leadership must make parliament a house for constructive discussion and reforms rather then of dirty slogans and a theater of fun.