Opposition leader in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah says the invocation of Article 245 is required in Peshawar or Bannu rather than Islamabad which is a city of not more than 1.5 million souls.
Talking to reporters at the PPP office in Lalamusa on Sunday, he said it seemed that the government had employed the ‘tactic’ to tackle the PTI’s march.
He said PPP would never become part of any march aiming at derailment of democracy.
Mr Shah said: “It is a basic right of every citizen and political party to lodge a peaceful protest by remaining within the constitutional domain. My party is neither interested in the Tsunami march nor in the so-called revolutionary march despite the fact that PPP have some serious reservations over the results of the 2013 general election.”
He criticised the Nawaz government for the Gaza issue as the prime minister seemed to be interested in securing his government during his recent visit to the Saudi kingdom.
“PPP has been the sole opposition party in the country that always strives for strengthening of democracy as this fact has been proven on many occasions in the political history of Pakistan. Even now the party will stand for democracy but the government should also realise its own responsibilities and old mistakes must not be repeated,” he said.
Monday, August 4, 2014
Pakistan: Govt should’ve invoked 245 for Peshawar
Opposition leader in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah says the invocation of Article 245 is required in Peshawar or Bannu rather than Islamabad which is a city of not more than 1.5 million souls.
Talking to reporters at the PPP office in Lalamusa on Sunday, he said it seemed that the government had employed the ‘tactic’ to tackle the PTI’s march.
He said PPP would never become part of any march aiming at derailment of democracy.
Mr Shah said: “It is a basic right of every citizen and political party to lodge a peaceful protest by remaining within the constitutional domain. My party is neither interested in the Tsunami march nor in the so-called revolutionary march despite the fact that PPP have some serious reservations over the results of the 2013 general election.”
He criticised the Nawaz government for the Gaza issue as the prime minister seemed to be interested in securing his government during his recent visit to the Saudi kingdom.
“PPP has been the sole opposition party in the country that always strives for strengthening of democracy as this fact has been proven on many occasions in the political history of Pakistan. Even now the party will stand for democracy but the government should also realise its own responsibilities and old mistakes must not be repeated,” he said.
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