KARACHI: Caretaker Prime Minister (PM) Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Tuesday reiterated that the interim government would ensure holding of the upcoming general elections in the most transparent and impartial manner, accepted to all. Anwaarul Haq Kakar made these remarks while talking to journalists after visiting Mazar-e-Quaid to pay tribute and offer Fateha in his first visit to Karachi after becoming caretaker prime minister.

Talking to journalists, the caretaker PM said that the interim government would function in the limited time frame only to ensure the election process. They would play their part in this regard by holding transparent and impartial polls, so that Pakistan could move through its constitutional transitional period, he added. On the occasion, the prime minister was accompanied by Governor Sindh Kamran Khan Tissori, Caretaker Chief Minister Justice (Retired) Maqbool Baqir and the members of his cabinet.

The prime minister said that he along with his few cabinet members came here to pay homage to Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and reaffirm to work for the progress and prosperity of the country by highlighting the social contract under which a separate state came into being. Referring to an address of the founder of the nation on August 11, 1947 before the Constituent Assembly, he said it focused on rights of the minorities and equality among individuals.

Prime Minister Kakar expressed the optimism that the people of the country would excel in different fields on the basis of their talents and it was the future of the country. Earlier, the prime minister laid a floral wreath at the grave of the founder of the nation and offered Fateha. He also penned down his expressions in the visitors’ book. During his stay in Karachi, the prime minister would preside over a meeting to review the development projects. A delegation of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) will also meet Anwaarul Haq Kakar. Sources said that a delegation of traders and the business community will also meet PM Kakar.