LAHORE: PTI senior chief Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday warned towards “crushing” and banning the Imran Khan-founded celebration.
His remarks got here amid rising speculations about governor rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and a ban on the previous ruling celebration.
Throughout a casual interplay with journalists at an anti-terrorism courtroom in Lahore, Qureshi stated: “Crushing the PTI isn’t applicable for the nation’s politics.”
The PTI senior chief , who’s presently incarcerated in Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore, stated that imposition of governor rule in KP could be tantamount to spreading hatred within the province.
His assertion got here after hypothesis began circulating on social and native media that the federal cupboard, based on PM’s aide Rana Sanaullah, mentioned the choice of imposing governor rule in KP within the aftermath of the celebration’s protest within the federal capital.
Nonetheless, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has dispelled the speculations, saying that the Centre isn’t planning to impose a governor rule in KP.
Responding to a query, Qureshi warned: “Banning PTI will probably be an enormous mistake.”
He thanked PPP, JUI-F Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Social gathering (PkMAP) chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai for opposing the governor rule in KP.
A day earlier, the JUI-F chief stated that governor rule was not an answer, including: “I can’t assist governor rule in KP and Balochistan though it’s constitutionally permissible.”
Surprisingly, the PPP, an ally of the ruling PML-N, additionally opposed the concept of proscribing the PTI. A day earlier, PPP Punjab chapter Basic Secretary Syed Hassan Murtaza stated: “We aren’t in favour of banning the PTI or sidelining it. Moderately, the federal government ought to take the initiative to convey the PTI into the nationwide mainstream.”
To a different question, the PTI chief stated that every one the political events had been staging protests over the water concern.
It’s pertinent to say right here that the ruling and opposition events in Sindh unanimously rejected the proposal to dig six extra canals from the Indus River. On Friday, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah stated that the PPP wouldn’t compromise on the province’s water at any price.
“Not a single drop of Sindh’s water will probably be given to anybody. We are going to neither give up our rights nor declare anybody else’s.”
Qureshi additionally pleaded with the courtroom to rearrange his assembly with PTI founder Imran Khan, who’s incarcerated in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail.
Final week, the PTI senior chief, in a sarcastic comment, urged the celebration’s “free” management to think about visiting him at Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore, “if they’ll discover the time”.