The Pakistan People’s Party and Jamat-i-Islami have said Prime Minister Nawaz’s offer to form a judicial commission to probe rigging allegations of Imran Khan is “too late” and will not deter him from the Azadi March.
“The PTI will not take this lollipop at this stage. The way the PML-N used judiciary in the past nobody will trust the prime minister’s words that he is sincere in investigating the rigging,” PPP Secretary-General Sardar Latif Khosa said.
Talking to Dawn, Mr Khosa said the prime minister’s body language was ‘confused’ as if he was delivering his last speech as a premier.
“The prime minister should have announced that he would give free hand to the protesters of long march and his government would not torture them. He should also have announced withdrawal of Article 245 and declared if the rigging proved he would resign,” he said.
Latif Khosa said the PPP was not with the PML-N government but with democracy.
“The PML-N government is destroying itself and it will be blamed for it,” he said, adding Nawaz Sharif should have announced removal of Shahbaz Sharif for his alleged role in the killing of innocent protesters in Model Town.
JI Secretary-General Liaquat Baloch said: “The prime minister’s offer has come late. It will have to see how much this offer satisfies Imran Khan.”
He said since the premier had announced constitution of a commission, he didn’t tell when it would be formed.
He said the JI was afraid of bloodshed during the PTI and PAT marches. Mr Baloch said the government, PTI and PAT should resolve all issues through dialogues rather than creating an atmosphere of anarchy in the country.
ANP Secretary-General Ehsaan Wyne termed the premier’s offer a good opportunity for the PTI to retain the democratic system in the country.
“We are of the view that the PM has accepted one of the two major demands of PTI. And we also consider Khan’s demand for Sharif’s resignation as unconstitutional and illegal. The PTI should postpone its Azadi march for the sake of democracy,” Mr Wyne said.
JUI-S leader Maulana Asim Makhdoom said the prevailing political crisis wouldn’t end until setting up an interim government for six months.
“I think the prime minister should constitute an interim government for six months after suspending the national and provincial assemblies. And then a commission of Supreme Court should probe the rigging allegations,” he added.
PML-N media coordinator Muhammad Mehdi said the PTI chairman’s refusal to accept Nawaz Sharif’s offer of forming a three-man Supreme Court commission for probing the rigging allegations had exposed his personal agenda.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Pakistan: PPP, JI find Nawaz’s offer ‘too late’
The Pakistan People’s Party and Jamat-i-Islami have said Prime Minister Nawaz’s offer to form a judicial commission to probe rigging allegations of Imran Khan is “too late” and will not deter him from the Azadi March.
“The PTI will not take this lollipop at this stage. The way the PML-N used judiciary in the past nobody will trust the prime minister’s words that he is sincere in investigating the rigging,” PPP Secretary-General Sardar Latif Khosa said.
Talking to Dawn, Mr Khosa said the prime minister’s body language was ‘confused’ as if he was delivering his last speech as a premier.
“The prime minister should have announced that he would give free hand to the protesters of long march and his government would not torture them. He should also have announced withdrawal of Article 245 and declared if the rigging proved he would resign,” he said.
Latif Khosa said the PPP was not with the PML-N government but with democracy.
“The PML-N government is destroying itself and it will be blamed for it,” he said, adding Nawaz Sharif should have announced removal of Shahbaz Sharif for his alleged role in the killing of innocent protesters in Model Town.
JI Secretary-General Liaquat Baloch said: “The prime minister’s offer has come late. It will have to see how much this offer satisfies Imran Khan.”
He said since the premier had announced constitution of a commission, he didn’t tell when it would be formed.
He said the JI was afraid of bloodshed during the PTI and PAT marches. Mr Baloch said the government, PTI and PAT should resolve all issues through dialogues rather than creating an atmosphere of anarchy in the country.
ANP Secretary-General Ehsaan Wyne termed the premier’s offer a good opportunity for the PTI to retain the democratic system in the country.
“We are of the view that the PM has accepted one of the two major demands of PTI. And we also consider Khan’s demand for Sharif’s resignation as unconstitutional and illegal. The PTI should postpone its Azadi march for the sake of democracy,” Mr Wyne said.
JUI-S leader Maulana Asim Makhdoom said the prevailing political crisis wouldn’t end until setting up an interim government for six months.
“I think the prime minister should constitute an interim government for six months after suspending the national and provincial assemblies. And then a commission of Supreme Court should probe the rigging allegations,” he added.
PML-N media coordinator Muhammad Mehdi said the PTI chairman’s refusal to accept Nawaz Sharif’s offer of forming a three-man Supreme Court commission for probing the rigging allegations had exposed his personal agenda.
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