Govt urges PTI to withdraw Oct 15 protest name in ‘bigger nationwide curiosity’

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar. — Reuters/File
Deputy Prime Minister and International Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar. — Reuters/File  
  • PTI is repeating identical situation of 2014, says Ishaq Dar.  
  • Says PTI has already crossed all crimson strains previously. 
  • He enumerates govt’s efforts to deliver down inflation.

Deputy Prime Minister and International Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Sunday urged the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to withdraw its October 15 protest name within the “bigger nationwide curiosity”. 

The deputy PM remarks got here because the nation is all set to host Council of Heads of Authorities (CHG) of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) assembly slated to be held on October 15 and 16 in Islamabad whereby vital points could be mentioned underneath the SCO framework.

Speaking to journalists after his go to to assessment preparations for the upcoming CHG-SCO assembly, Dar stated that for the sake of politics, it was not good for the political social gathering that had been repeating the identical situation of 2014. Resulting from their protest, Chinese language president’s go to had been postponed.

It had already crossed all of the crimson strains previously and attacked the state establishments, Dar noticed and careworn upon its management to rectify its flawed choice.

The deputy PM stated that sure international locations had requested for bilateral conferences on the sidelines of the CHG-SCO which have been finalised.

Replying to a question, Dar stated that India had not requested for such bilateral assembly and solely the issues associated to SCO framework could be mentioned by the SCO member states on the multilateral discussion board.

About invitation to Afghanistan, the deputy prime minister stated that since 2021, the Observers Standing of that nation had been nearly suspended as Afghanistan had neither been invited to nor participated in SCO conferences.

Subsequently, he stated, Pakistan couldn’t take choice alone on this regard as the selections have been taken on the SCO discussion board by the member states.

Dar, to a different query, stated Pakistan is a number to CHG-SCO and would absolutely meet the duty.

In regards to the North-South and South-South connectivity, he stated the discussions with the related international locations have been in progress and persevering with on the bilateral and multilateral ranges.

However inside the SCO framework and protocol, sure issues could be mentioned underneath particular scope of discussions and inside its contours, he additional clarified.

He stated that the complete area required integration and peace and it was the core goal of the PML-N management together with former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, apart from it was additionally included within the PML-N manifesto.

He enumerated the incumbent authorities’s efforts to deliver down inflation forward of the goal set for the subsequent yr.

Dar suggested these quarters who had been claiming that Pakistan was in diplomatic isolation to reassess their projections as Pakistan had turn into a hub of regional commerce and funding and referred to the latest visits of Malaysian premier and the Saudi delegation.

With the SCO member states, issues associated to the commerce and commerce had additionally been mentioned constantly, he added.

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