Saad Rafique criticises the PPP for attributing the GB government crisis to the PML-N.

According to PML-N leader Khawaja Saad Rafique, there is no basis for criticising or criticising the PML-N because, following the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) elections, the PML-N’s top leadership contacted the PPP and promised collaboration in the establishment of a government.

According to Khawaja Saad Rafique’s remark on X, the PPP earned roughly 28% of the votes in the Gilgit-Baltistan elections, while the PML-N obtained 22%.

According to the unofficial and unconfirmed results, he added, the PPP won 10 seats, the PML-N won 6, and the PML-N also backed two independent candidates.

According to him, the PPP chairman is fully aware that within 72 hours of the elections, the PML-N’s top leadership contacted President Asif Ali Zardari and the PPP leadership, indicating their intention to assist the PPP in forming the government by acknowledging the PPP as the single largest party in the Gilgit-Baltistan elections.

According to Khawaja Saad Rafique, the PML-N’s purpose was to shield Gilgit-Baltistan from political bargaining and horse trading, therefore the PPP leadership has no right to level allegations and treat the PML-N with disdain.

He stated that the Election Commission is solely in charge of conducting by-elections in a few constituencies on June 15.

He claims that one PML-N seat’s results have also been contested.

The PML-N further stated that the PML-N cannot be criticised for forming the government in Lahore by people who utilised every strategy to obtain local government in Karachi and broke their commitments to the MQM on the PML-N’s guarantee.

According to Khawaja Saad Rafique, the PML-N respects the PPP’s leadership, but mutual respect is essential for mutually beneficial political relationships.