Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has drawn the eye of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to the alleged mistreatment of the residents of the province that features “rounding up and submitting of unfounded FIRs” within the aftermath of the PTI’s “do-or-die” protest in Islamabad final month.
The chief minister’s transfer to method the premier by writing a letter on Wednesday comes greater than every week after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf formally referred to as off its much-touted protest in Islamabad on November 27.
The previous ruling get together’s much-hyped protest in Islamabad that was launched on November 24, geared 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 get together has since claimed that a minimum of 12 of its employees had been killed and 1,000 others had been arrested. Nonetheless, the federal government has categorically denied utilizing reside ammunition towards the protesters and mentioned that 4 legislation enforcers together with three Rangers personnel and two policemen had been martyred throughout the protest.
On this letter that surfaced earlier immediately, the chief minister expressed his issues, highlighting the unwarranted Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) instances towards the poor residents of the province.
“I hope this message finds you nicely. I want to convey to your consideration a matter of concern concerning the remedy of Pashtun labourers In Islamabad, significantly in relation to the arbitrary rounding up and the submitting of unfounded ATA FIRs towards 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 get together Jirga within the province to de-escalate tensions following an unlucky incident involving the ‘Pashtun Adalat Jirga’.
“The scenario was resolved by way of a collective effort, transcending political traces,” he added.
In a federation like Pakistan, Gandapur mentioned, it’s important that political issues are addressed by way of peaceable and constructive dialogue, relatively than by way of a “majoritarian lens”.
He urged the premier to overview the scenario and take speedy motion to “quash the bogus FIRs and launch those that have been unjustly detained”.
The incumbent authorities led by the PML-N, because the protest referred to as by the PTI founder to start with of November, spun into motion to discourage the protesters from reaching and coming into the federal capital.
Other than deploying numerous riot policemen, the administration blocked a number of roads inside the federal capital and numerous routes resulting in town with transport containers.
Nonetheless, regardless of these measures, the convoys of PTI cohorts managed to enter Islamabad and attain even D-Chowk within the Pink Zone, the place delicate authorities buildings, together with the parliament, are situated.
The entire “last name” saga finally fizzled out with protesters making hasty retreat from the federal capital after the federal government’s operation towards the demonstrators.