General elections will be held in August or September 2023, says PM

ANKARA (92 News) – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that the general elections will be held in August or September 2023.

In an exclusive interview with TRT World, the prime minister said that the polls would be held after 15 months. “The government is taking short-term measures to decease poverty, unemployment and inflation in the country. If people voted PML-N to power, his party will start long-term agenda to put the country on path of prosperity and development.

“The government is offering a subsidy on different items to facilitate downtrodden and marginalized segments of society and those who are living below poverty line,” he added.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also stressed the need to transform Pak-Turk fraternal ties into bilateral strategic economic partnership to benefit the people of two countries. “Turkey can help Pakistan in promotion of commerce, e-commerce, and agriculture. Turkey can be an active part of Pakistan's policy to meet its energy demand from renewable resources as it has a vast experience in hydel power projects.”

“I have proposed the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to include Turkey in multibillion dollar CPEC project. Turning the CPEC into a trilateral project with Pakistan, Turkey and China would be beneficial for the region,” he said.

Expressing satisfaction over the improved relations between Turkey and Arab world, he said that they should be contributing to further enhance these relations in a positive way as it will benefit the entire Muslim Ummah.

Replying to a question about IMF bailout package and current government's measures to strengthen national economy, the prime minister said that the government's recent move to increase petroleum prices was necessary to avoid the country from facing bankruptcy.