Civil and military leadership of country expressed a very unfavorable view of ongoing protest movement of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in long meetings, calling party “rather than a political party, a group of miscreants trained by banned organizations” and its Determined to take action against law.
Meeting decided to take strict action against leaders and workers who participated in protest on the occasion of Imran Khan’s appearance in Tosha Khana case. Those who brutally beat policemen, set fire to government vehicles, attacked police with petrol bombs and created unrest.
English Daily Dawn According to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, ministers and representatives of the ruling coalition parties participated in the first meeting and the meeting lasted for about 5 hours. Defense Minister Khawaja Asif told the media on Monday night that the second meeting, which lasted for an hour, was also attended by Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir and ISI chief Lt General Nadeem Anjum.
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According to a statement issued after the meetings, both meetings agreed to take strict action against those involved in violent protests and vandalism of public and private property. The meeting also agreed that the elections to the National and Provincial Assemblies should be held simultaneously.
The meeting also decided to take action against those who defame the state institutions including the armed forces and the judiciary. The statement said that “Attacks on the police and rangers who were obeying the court orders were strongly condemned and condemned in the meeting. Enmity against the state was declared”.
According to the statement, “all the evidence and proofs are available, under which strict action will be taken against the people involved in the unrest”. The meeting condemned the “inciting campaign against the Army and Army Chief on social media” and stressed on the people. Granted they should not be a part of it. The participants of the meeting agreed that the “special treatment” of Imran Khan and his followers is deepening the impression of unequal justice, double standards of justice will not be accepted.
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The participants also expressed concern over the recent audio tape of former Chief Justice Saqib Nisar and PTI lawyer Khawaja Tariq Rahim and condemned the objectionable remarks about PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz.
The official statement said that the Tehreek-e-Insaaf is more like a group of militants trained by banned parties than functioning as a political party. Violence against will not be tolerated.
According to the statement, the joint session of Parliament will be held on Wednesday, March 22 and more arrests of PTI leaders and workers will be made in the coming days. Later, late at night, the National Assembly Secretariat decided to convene a joint session of the Parliament on March 22.
Meanwhile, speaking in a TV program last night, Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said that the decision of the Supreme Court regarding the holding of elections within 90 days of the dissolution of the provincial governments of Sindh and Balochistan and Punjab and KP Assemblies. They are quite worried and they demanded that all the elections be held at the same time in the center and the provinces.
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He further said that in view of the concerns of Sindh and Balochistan, it was agreed in the meeting that the elections of national and provincial assemblies should be held at the same time and not separately.
He said that if elections are held in Punjab now, the new provincial government will have an impact on the National Assembly elections. and the general elections in the country will be conducted according to the latest census. He said that the Election Commission of Pakistan will take the final decision regarding the conduct of elections.
The Supreme Court in a recent judgment had directed the caretaker government of Punjab to hold elections in the province on April 30. Ahsan Iqbal said that the Supreme Court has taken this decision in haste as the current situation does not allow early elections. do not give He further said that it was the responsibility of the Supreme Court to pass its judgment keeping in mind the facts on the ground.
Meanwhile, PPP leader Qamar Zaman Kaira said that all the participants of the meeting had a unanimous opinion that the holding of elections in all the provinces and the Center together is in the best interest of the country, if elections are held in Punjab and KP now, it will cause more problems and Conflicts will arise.
Qamar Zaman Kaira said that all political forces should not leave the option of negotiations and if Imran Khan has given any indication that he is serious about negotiations, then he should be welcomed. He added that there should be a middle way out of the impasse.