The political temperature is rising fast following political confrontation between Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) after expulsion of the former from the coalition setup in Punjab. Nonetheless, Awami National Party (ANP) does not see any impact that could lead the country to midterm elections.
In its reaction to the situation arising out of the end of three-year long coalition of two major parties in Punjab, ANP's Senior Vice President Haji Adeel termed the PML-N decision as breach of three-year old agreement signed between the two parties. "One of the two parties breached the accord under which they were in co-operation," he said, adding that despite the fact the 10-point agenda forwarded by PML-N was not a national agenda, but instead PPP was seriously implementing it. He said it was a provincial matter and must not have implications on the politics in the Centre.
Another ANP leader Peer Haider Ali Shah was of the view that it was the responsibility of the government to please the people of Pakistan not PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif. However, he expressed the hope that both major political parties must think of keeping the system intact.
He ruled out the possibility of midterm elections, saying that the two political parties should play their role in a democratic way in Punjab as they are doing in the Centre. He said that democracies across the world have the system where there are Treasury and Opposition, adding that now it is better for PPP to play its constructive role as opposition in Punjab Assembly instead of continuing political confrontation.
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