PTI guidelines out talks with govt, institution forward of Nov 24 protest

Supporters Imran Khan sit on scaffoldings in Rawalpindi, on November 26, 2022. — Reuters
Supporters Imran Khan sit on scaffoldings in Rawalpindi, on November 26, 2022. — Reuters
  • Asif no person to say PTI individuals are compromised, says Akram.
  • MNA says Asif must be glad if PTI members compromised.
  • Rana Sana says PM supplied PTI for having political dialogue.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesperson Sheikh Waqas Akram stated his get together wouldn’t maintain talks with the stakeholders previous to their deliberate countrywide demonstration on November 24.

“There is no such thing as a risk of negotiations with the federal government or the institution earlier than the protest,” Akram stated throughout an interview on Geo Information’ programme “Naya Pakistan” on Sunday.

Final week, the incarcerated PTI founder, Imran Khan, 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 pressured that the get together’s whole management shall be a part of the march,” stated his lawyer Faisal Chaudhry following a gathering in Adiala Jail.

The protest wouldn’t solely happen in Islamabad, however all through Pakistan and the world over the place Imran’s supporters have been current, stated Chaudhry.

The get together has made 4 calls for — revoke the twenty sixth Constitutional Modification, restore democracy and structure, return the general public’s mandate, and launch all “harmless political” prisoners.

The lawyer, Chaudhry stated that the get together founder had additionally shaped a committee for the march and requested to not reveal the names of those that have been a part of it as Imran feared they might be arrested.

Khan has been behind bars since August 2023 after he was sentenced within the Toshakhana case and subsequently sentenced in different circumstances.

Shifting on, Naya Pakistan programme’s host Shahzad Iqbal quoted Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Rana Sanaullah as saying that the PTI protest was no huge deal for the federal government and the opposition get together would reap no profit from this.

PTI spokesperson Sheikh Waqas Akram. —National Assembly website/ File
PTI spokesperson Sheikh Waqas Akram. —Nationwide Meeting web site/ File

In response, Akram stated Sanaullah had earlier been saying that they might not be capable to cross the Attock bridge however his get together did. He additionally stated the get together employees would keep put there till the objectives have been achieved.

“We won’t go away (the protest venue) till the objectives of the protest are achieved,” he maintained.

To a question, he stated Defence Minister Khawaja Asif was no person to say that folks of the PTI have been compromised. If it was so, then he must be glad as a substitute of worrying about it, he added.

Earlier, Sanaullah, who holds the portfolio of Particular Assistant to Prime Minister on Political Affairs, in the identical programme, stated the PTI’s name was no problem to the federal government.

He additionally stated the opposition get together gave name for the protest with out doing homework and this name would backfire and trigger the get together an immense harm.

The prime minister supplied the PTI for having a political dialogue, he stated including, however dialogue was not listed within the PTI founder’s politics.

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