00:00 Election Commission of Pakistan
00:02 announced general elections in January 2024.
00:06 Election Commission has announced
00:08 that the election schedule should be
00:10 announced soon.
00:11 Election Commission will publish the
00:13 first list of candidates on 27th September.
00:15 ANP's leader Zahid Khan has also joined us.
00:17 Mr. Zahid, thank you very much.
00:19 You have given time to the ARY.
00:21 Election Commission has announced
00:23 that elections should be held in the last week of January.
00:26 How happy does ANP see this?
00:28 When we met with the Election Commission,
00:34 we informed them of our concerns.
00:36 We told them that according to the constitution,
00:38 elections should be held in the 9th day.
00:40 When we finished our discussion,
00:42 they said that this is a problem for them.
00:45 The constitution says that census has been held
00:48 and the CCI has given its approval.
00:50 We should delimit the process.
00:52 We told them that they can't do more
00:55 or less because they don't have the understanding
00:58 to make amendments.
01:00 They said that it is not possible.
01:02 But they will do it where there is more population.
01:06 They will put some areas in another area.
01:11 Because of this, we have problems.
01:14 We said that the problems are in their place.
01:16 But elections should be held in all circumstances.
01:18 We tried to bring the delimitation
01:21 to November 30.
01:24 But we have to announce the schedule
01:27 because it is the last week.
01:29 We haven't given the date.
01:31 We should have announced the schedule.
01:33 So that the concerns of the people
01:37 will be resolved when we give the schedule.
01:41 If we don't give the schedule
01:43 and you announce the delimitation
01:45 and people go against it,
01:47 you can delay it even more.
01:49 So, the N.P. should be present
01:52 in the elections on the 9th.
01:54 If you are doing it in January...
01:56 Mr. Zahid Khan, you are saying that
01:58 it is the last week and you should have announced the date.
02:01 Secondly, is the election in January
02:04 a level playing field for the N.P. or not?
02:07 We have problems.
02:09 We don't have problems today.
02:11 If you know, in 2013,
02:13 we were taking the bodies of our martyrs
02:15 and taking them out of the Jalsa Jaloo.
02:18 We faced the same in 2018.
02:20 And yesterday, you know,
02:22 one of our educators was targeted in Quetta.
02:25 We think that the biggest problem for us is terrorism.
02:28 We are also asking the government
02:30 to give us a security.
02:32 Because our workers are out of fear and hope
02:34 so that we can do the Jalsa and Jaloos
02:36 and we can go to vote.
02:38 Because 40,000 terrorists have come
02:40 and are sitting in our province.
02:42 You see every day that they are either
02:44 killing the security forces or the police
02:46 or they are killing our people.
02:48 And this has happened before.
02:50 So the level playing field will be there
02:52 when all these problems are solved
02:54 and there is transparency in the election.
02:56 We will not accept such an election
02:58 and we are not ready for it.
03:00 We understand that it is the responsibility
03:02 of the Election Commission and the government
03:04 to remove the threats of the people.
03:06 At least, they should face our threats
03:08 in every way and remove them.
03:10 If they don't do it,
03:12 and secondly, they should announce it.
03:14 They should announce that
03:16 there can be something else in the last week.
03:18 This is not necessary.
03:20 They should announce the schedule.
03:22 We should give the MP a warning
03:24 that they should give a schedule.
03:26 Mr. Zahid Khan, will the ANP
03:28 unite with another party in the elections?
03:30 No, there is no such thing right now.
03:32 Because we have already given many tickets.
03:34 If you know,
03:36 we have already started a campaign.
03:38 Our Central President is also
03:40 holding a Jalsa.
03:42 Our Deputy President,
03:44 Emil Goli Khan is also doing it.
03:46 We have already started a campaign.
03:48 We have meetings with the workers.
03:50 We have already started the election.
03:52 We are doing it.
03:54 But we should get a level playing field.
03:56 We should get our level playing field.
03:58 Mr. Zahid, you are saying
04:00 that ANP should get a level playing field.
04:02 People's Party's leader, Faisal Kareem Kundi
04:04 was with us a while ago.
04:06 He was saying that People's Party
04:08 is not very happy about the elections in January.
04:10 He is saying that the elections should be
04:12 held within 90 days.
04:14 So, will you agree that the elections
04:16 should be held before January?
04:18 If they are held, will ANP be ready
04:20 for the elections?
04:22 We are ready.
04:24 I have already given you the tickets.
04:26 Our candidates are also running.
04:28 We are ready.
04:30 But with the people's party,
04:32 with a lot of helplessness,
04:34 when their Chief Minister was sitting in CII,
04:36 why did you do this two days ago?
04:38 And these people are also involved.
04:40 Two days ago, you called CCI
04:42 and gave approval
04:44 for the census.
04:46 That is also a part of ANP.
04:48 If it was after 90 days,
04:50 you should not have done that.
04:52 You should not have given the approval
04:54 that CCI gave.
04:56 And after the elections,
04:58 you could have done whatever you wanted.
05:00 We were also
05:02 dependent on our enemies.
05:04 We were dependent on the census.
05:06 We have not even had a child in six years.
05:08 We have not had as many children as we had.
05:10 So, that is also injustice to us.
05:12 But the work of the Election Commission...
05:14 But Mr. Zahid, a few days ago,
05:16 there were talks that Muslim League Noon
05:18 and JUI FA will also vote.
05:20 And the People's Party and ANP can also vote.
05:22 No, we have not had
05:24 such talks yet.
05:26 When the time comes,
05:28 we will come to know about it.
05:30 But for now, there is no such program.
05:32 Neither we have it, nor the People's Party.
05:34 Thank you very much, Mr. Zahid.
05:36 For your time.
05:38 Keep informing the viewers.
05:40 The Election Commission of Pakistan
05:42 has announced the general elections
05:44 in the last week of January 2024.
05:46 The Election Commission has announced
05:48 that the election schedule will be
05:50 announced soon.
05:52 A few days ago, ANP's representative,
05:54 Mr. Zahid Khan, when he was talking
05:56 to ARY News, he said that
05:58 the schedule has been announced.
06:00 Instead of the schedule announcement,
06:02 he said that we should also be given
06:04 a level playing field.
06:06 He said that we have distributed
06:08 the tickets among all the candidates.
06:10 And we are fully ready for the elections.
06:12 This was said by ANP's representative,
06:14 Mr. Zahid Khan.
06:16 Secondly, the Election Commission
06:18 has announced the initial schedule
06:20 of the general elections on September 27.
06:22 And it has also said that
06:24 the final schedule of the general elections
06:26 will be announced on November 30.
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