J&K | On General Elections in Pakistan, Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) President Ghulam Nabi Azad says, “….Pakistan is responsible for the tensions between the countries…But the citizens are innocent.

We had democracy in our destiny…but they had dictators in their destiny…Army runs the governments there. Even if an elected representative appeared, he was at the mercy of the Army.

They were ousted (from power) whenever Army felt that the person was not following them. We had hoped for a free & fair election. But they interfered here as well…We, in India, are fortunate that Army doesn’t interfere in electing MPs and MLAs. That is what happens in democracies across the world. We pray for the people of Pakistan to get democracy like us some day.”