After the ruling coalition and opposition PTI commerce blames over violence over the past month’s protest in Islamabad, Punjab Minister for Industries and Commerce Chaudhry Shafay Hussain has voiced opposition towards imposing a ban on the opposition celebration.
“PTI is a political celebration and a ban shouldn’t be imposed on it,” Hussain mentioned whereas speaking to the media on Wednesday.
Hussain’s celebration Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) is a coalition associate of the PML-N-led governments in Centre and Punjab.
The provincial minister additionally known as for holding talks with Imran’s celebration.
In the identical breath, he additionally known as for accountability of rioters who desecrated martyrs monuments throughout the Could 9 protests final 12 months — a reference to the violent protests broke out within the nation following the arrest of PTI founder Imran Khan in a corruption case.
The PML-Q chief additionally slammed the PTI’s nine-year rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, saying “not a single hospital was constructed” within the province and urged Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur to “concentrate on the progress and growth of the province as an alternative of protests”.
The provincial additionally touched on the hypothesis of governor’s rule in KP, saying: “Solely talks of governor’s rule is happening in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.”
The violence throughout the PTI’s “do-or-die” protest in Islamabad fueled speculations that the federal government was mulling robust measures together with imposing a ban on the opposition celebration.
Adviser to Prime Minister on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah had confirmed that the matter of banning PTI was mentioned within the federal cupboard assembly however the consensus couldn’t be developed.
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif had additionally clarified that the Centre has no intention of imposing governor’s rule in KP the place PTI-led authorities is in energy.
Equally, Balochistan Meeting handed a decision searching for a ban on the Imran Khan-led celebration after 4 regulation enforcers together with three Rangers personnel and policeman have been left useless within the protest.
“As soon as once more, it [the former ruling party] is finishing up violent actions,” the decision acknowledged, including that the PTI’s “anarchist agenda” has affected the nation’s system and each sector, together with the judiciary, media and the economic system.
The previous ruling celebration’s much-hyped protest in Islamabad, geared toward securing the discharge of PTI founder Imran Khan, who has been behind bars for greater than a 12 months, culminated in PTI’s hasty retreat after the federal government’s midnight crackdown on the protesters.
The Imran Khan-founded celebration has since claimed that not less than 12 of its employees have been killed and 1,000 have been arrested.
Nonetheless, the federal government has categorically denied utilizing stay ammunition towards the protesters and mentioned that 4 regulation enforcers have been martyred throughout the protest.