Prime Minister’s aide Rana Sanaullah on Friday said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s “civil disobedience movement is going to fail” and rejected “conditional talks” with the former ruling party as “unacceptable”. Rejected to present “negotiated” demands. .
Advisor to Prime Minister on Political Affairs Sanaullah said that we have not closed the door of negotiations. Geo News In the program ‘Naya Pakistan’, he further said that he is ready for political talks with PTI to resolve disputes on controversial issues.
A day earlier, jailed PTI founder Imran Khan – who claimed to have a “trump card” – tweeted on X (formerly Twitter) Umar Ayub Khan, Ali Amin Gandapur, Sahibzada Hamid Raza, Salman Akram. A five-member dialogue committee was announced. Raja and Asad Qaiser.
They warned the government that if their demands – a judicial inquiry on May 9, 2023, riots and a November 26 crackdown on PTI protesters and the release of its “political prisoners” – were not met, they would ” “Civil Disobedience” movement will start.
A highly publicized PTI protest in Islamabad, aimed at securing the release of PTI’s founder who has been behind bars for over a year, followed a midnight government crackdown on protesters. After which the party hastily retreated.
Sanaullah asked how negotiations can be started under certain conditions. Describing the PTI’s demands as “non-negotiable”, Sanaullah suggested that the party founded by Imran Khan should approach the courts to seek bail for its prisoners.
Commenting on PTI’s crackdown on protesters, he asked the former ruling party to join the “investigation already underway” of the protest in the federal capital, involving party workers and law enforcers. Fierce clashes took place between those who did it.
Sanaullah predicted that the opposition party’s call for civil disobedience was bound to fail as the party suffered “irreparable political damage” after the failure of the Islamabad protests.
In response to a question about increasing pressure from the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) on the coalition government to approve the Madrasah Registration Bill. [Societies Registration (Amendment) Act, 2024]He replied that the government under the leadership of Maulana Fazlur Rahman will address the grievances of the party.
Earlier today, JUI-F Secretary General Abdul Ghafoor Haidari warned the current government to march on Islamabad if the Societies Registration (Amendment) Act 2024 regarding registration of madrasas is not approved by President Asif Ali Zardari. will
He confirmed that the government is committed to passing the legislation as it is part of the agreement reached with the JUI-F to pass the 26th constitutional amendment.
The Societies Act was passed by the National Assembly and the Senate in October and was enacted as part of an agreement between the government and the religious-political party in support of the 26th Amendment.