Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Advocate Ali Bukhari has said that the civil disobedience movement has only been postponed, not completely withdrawn, stressing that the former ruling party is ready for talks. But criticized for failing to start negotiations with the government. The opposition
The PTI leader’s comments came after the current Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government had “the sword of civil disobedience hanging around its neck” in talks with the embattled PTI. A few hours later it came out.
“For the first time there was a pleasant breeze from the opposition […] But negotiations cannot take place at the point of a gun,” Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said on the floor of the National Assembly on Tuesday.
The jailed PTI founder – in a post on X on December 6 – warned the government that if his demands – a judicial inquiry into the May 9, 2023 riots and November 26 crackdown on PTI protesters and A “civil disobedience” movement would be launched in case of their release. His “political prisoners” – not found.
The ousted prime minister also formed a five-member negotiating committee comprising Umar Ayub Khan, Ali Amin Gandapur, Sahibzada Hamid Raza, Salman Akram Raja and Asad Qaiser.
Earlier today, Buhari reiterated the party’s readiness for dialogue, saying, “We have always acted responsibly. Our committee is ready for dialogue. However, the government has not shown seriousness.”
Speaking on Geo News program Capital Talk on Tuesday, the former ruling party member said, “PTI founder Imran Khan had only “postponed the civil disobedience movement, not ended it completely. ”
Buhari stressed that it is always the government’s responsibility to initiate dialogue to resolve conflicts.
Speaking during the same programme, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) leader Hafiz Hamdullah distanced his party from the former ruling party’s call for civil disobedience, saying JUI-F had committed its own civil disobedience. Will not support PTI in the campaign. However, he said his party would support the PTI in Parliament on an issue-by-issue basis.
Meanwhile, Muslim League (N) leader Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhry hailed PTI’s sense of political engagement, saying it was encouraging that the Imran Khan-led political party now understood that politics It is the solution to all problems.
However, he criticized PTI’s earlier actions, saying that peaceful protest is everyone’s right, but PTI’s protests were neither peaceful nor political, as according to him, they There were nothing but attacks by armed groups.
Dr. Chaudhry emphasized the importance of democratic principles for political parties to solve their problems through negotiations in a political way. He criticized PTI and said that it calls itself a political party while talking about the Islamabad march.
Mixed signal
Earlier on Tuesday, PTI lawmakers speaking in the lower house expressed their willingness to hold talks with the government but maintained that they would “not beg”, including firebrand politician Sher Afzal Marwat. Said that there should be Terms of References (TORs). Prepared for negotiations.
Speaking on the NA floor, Marwat said any talks would not be fruitful until “the political forces discuss the TORs”, adding that he would later meet with the establishment. Terms of reference should be discussed.
PTI lawmaker Ali Muhammad Khan criticized the current government for firing on protesters in Islamabad on November 26, saying politicians do not fire but talk.
“During our time, PPP and JUI-F took long marches but not a single shot was fired,” he said, adding that their hands were not “stained with blood”.
“When we did not give rights to West Pakistan, they formed Bangladesh,” he asked, asking what would have happened if they had been allowed to form the government.
He said that his party will not beg for negotiations. If you think you can run the country without Imran Khan, then try.