- CM urges PM to quash all ‘bogus’ FIRs lodged in opposition to KP civilians.
- Requests him to order launch of those that have been ‘unjustly detained’.
- Stresses must resolve points via’ constructive dialogue.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has written a letter to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, highlighting the “maltreatment of KP civilians, together with rounding up and submitting of unfounded FIRs” in Islamabad following the PTI’s “do-or-die” protest.
The chief minister’s transfer to method the premier comes greater than per week after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf formally referred to as off its much-touted protest in Islamabad on November 27.
The previous ruling social gathering’s much-hyped protest in Islamabad that was launched on November 24, aimed toward securing PTI founder Imran Khan’s launch who has been behind bars for greater than a yr, culminated in PTI’s hasty retreat after the federal government’s midnight crackdown on the protesters.
The Imran Khan-founded social gathering has since claimed that at the least 12 of its employees have been killed and 1,000 others have been arrested. Nevertheless, the federal government has categorically denied utilizing dwell ammunition in opposition to the protesters and mentioned that 4 legislation enforcers together with three Rangers personnel and two policemen have been martyred throughout the protest.
“I hope this message finds you properly. I want to deliver to your consideration a matter of concern concerning the remedy of Pashtun labourers In Islamabad, notably in relation to the arbitrary rounding up and the submitting of unfounded ATA FIRs in opposition to them,” the chief minister wrote in a letter.
“These people, who’re primarily concerned in low-paying jobs, have been unfairly focused within the aftermath of the current incidents involving peaceable political protests organised by the PTI, the chief minister added.
He recalled that in October this yr Minister for Inside Mohsin Naqvi needed to journey to Peshawar and search the help of a political social gathering Jirga within the province to de-escalate tensions following an unlucky incident involving the ‘Pashtun Adalat Jirga’.
“The state of affairs was resolved via a collective effort, transcending political traces,” he added.
In a federation like Pakistan, Gandapur mentioned, it’s important that political issues are addressed via peaceable and constructive dialogue, quite than via a “majoritarian lens”.
He urged the premier to evaluate the state of affairs and take fast motion to “quash the bogus FIRs and launch those that have been unjustly detained”.
The incumbent authorities led by the PML-N, for the reason that protest referred to as by the PTI founder at first of November, spun into motion to discourage the protesters from reaching and getting into the federal capital.
Aside from deploying numerous riot policemen, the administration blocked a number of roads throughout the federal capital and varied routes resulting in the town with delivery containers.
Nevertheless, regardless of these measures, the convoys of PTI cohorts managed to enter Islamabad and attain even D-Chowk within the Purple Zone, the place delicate authorities buildings, together with the parliament, are situated.
The entire “closing name” saga ultimately fizzled out with protesters making hasty retreat from the federal capital after the federal government’s operation in opposition to the demonstrators.