- PTI, beneath KP CM Gandapur “attacked”, federation twice: Asif
- Says CM Gandapur left PTI staff deserted in Islamabad.
- PTI leaders performing function of “double brokers”, Asif claims.
SIALKOT: Days earlier than the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) deliberate nationwide protests, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif mentioned that the federal authorities’s provide for dialogues with the Imran Khan-founded celebration nonetheless stands.
“From our facet, dialogue provide to PTI nonetheless intact,” mentioned the defence minister throughout his interplay with journalists in Sialkot on Sunday.
Final week, the incarcerated PTI founder referred to as on his supporters to march to Islamabad on November 24. “Imran Khan says that is the ultimate name for a [anti-government] protest. The PTI founder has careworn that the celebration’s complete management will probably be a part of the march,” mentioned his lawyer Faisal Chaudhry following a gathering in Adiala Jail.
Khan has been behind bars since August final yr after he was sentenced within the Toshakhana case and subsequently sentenced in different circumstances.
Referring to the previous ruling celebration’s current protest marches in direction of Islamabad, Asif mentioned that the PTI, beneath the management of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, “attacked” the federation twice.
The PTI held two protest rallies headed by KP firebrand CM within the federal capital in September and October amid riots and clashes with the police.
Mocking KP CM, the minister mentioned: “CM Ali Amin Gandapur ran away and left protesting staff deserted [in Islamabad].
In October march, the Gandapur went lacking after getting into the KP Home within the federal capital. After a mysterious day-long disappearance, he resurfaced within the KP Meeting and addressed the lawmakers. His whereabouts remained unknown for over 30 hours after PTI tried to stage a protest in Islamabad.
In September, the CM had additionally went lacking in the course of the protests in Islamabad. This time he reached Peshawar after being “lacking” for hours within the wake of the crackdown in opposition to the PTI management over alleged violation of regulation in relation to the celebration’s rally in Islamabad, with sources saying that Gandapur was “busy in varied conferences” within the federal capital after the celebration’s energy present.
Responding to a query, the minister mentioned that the PTI management ought to convey their kids to the protests if it was a matter of “do or die.”
“PTI founder solely needs dialogue with the institution,” mentioned the defence minister, claiming that the leaders inside the PTI have been performing the function of “double agent”.