A representative of the PML-N attacks PTI for’seeking NRO for Imran Khan from US, IMF’

Secretary General of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Ahsan Iqbal, responded to a letter sent by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to the International Monetary Fund requesting a “election audit” by accusing the Imran-founded party of inviting foreign intervention in domestic affairs.

He said as much on Saturday during his “Naya Pakistan with Shahzad Iqbal” presentation.

“The former ruling party does not view election tampering as a central concern. Iqbal chastised the former ruling party after it demanded in a letter to the IMF that an audit of the 2024 nationwide elections be conducted before bailout talks. “They are begging the US, and the IMF to provide an NRO (a term used to seek quashment of cases and a safe political passage) to the PTI founder, which they definitely cannot get from there,” Iqbal said.

A letter signed by thirty-one members of the US Congress has been sent to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and President Joe Biden requesting that they refuse to recognize a new government.

He went on to say that cases will be brought against the former prime minister Khan. After the election phase is over, the PML-N central leader asked all parties to cooperate in order to rescue the nation from challenges.

The Imran-founded party has already acknowledged the results of the poll conducted on February 8 after their leaders were sworn in as legislators in the relevant assemblies, therefore Iqbal said he would welcome them to play a “constructive role as an opposition.”

The PML-N stated that rather than making accusations and bringing up domestic problems in Pakistan with other nations, people who have grievances about the election process have to address them with the judiciary and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

Preliminary poll results indicate that the Nawaz-led party, backed by seven allied parties, including Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), which came in third in the nationwide polls for 2024, is poised to form government in the Centre, the largest province of Punjab.

Though the party founded by Imran, whose candidates ran as independents in the general election, secured the most seats, it is too weak to govern the nation even after merging with the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) to form a coalition with five other parties.