Sheikh Waqas Akram, a Member of Nationwide Meeting (MNA) affiliated with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), mentioned his social gathering won’t negotiate with the federal government or the institution forward of its deliberate nationwide protest this weekend.
“There isn’t a risk of negotiations with the federal government or the institution earlier than the protest,” Akram mentioned in an interview with the host of the Geo Information' Present “Naya Pakistan” on Sunday.
Jailed PTI founder Imran Khan final week referred to as on his supporters to protest on November 24 in Islamabad.
“Imran Khan says that is the final name for one [anti-government] Protest. “The PTI founder has emphasised that all the management of the social gathering will likely be a part of the march,” his lawyer Faisal Chaudhry mentioned after a gathering at Adiala Jail.
The protest would happen not solely in Islamabad however throughout Pakistan and world wide the place Imran's supporters had been current, Chaudhry mentioned.
The social gathering has put ahead 4 calls for: the repeal of the 26th Modification, the restoration of democracy and the structure, the return of the general public mandate and the discharge of all “harmless political” prisoners.
Lawyer Chaudhry mentioned the social gathering founder had additionally shaped a committee for the march and requested that the names of members not be revealed as a result of Imran feared they might be arrested.
Khan has been behind bars since August 2023 after being convicted within the Toshakhana case and subsequently different circumstances.
Subsequently, host of Naya Pakistan present Shahzad Iqbal quoted Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Rana Sanaullah as saying that the PTI protest was not a giant deal for the federal government and the Opposition social gathering wouldn’t profit from it.
In response, Akram mentioned that Sanaullah had earlier mentioned that they may not cross the Attock Bridge however his group might. He additionally mentioned that the social gathering employees would stay there till the targets had been achieved.
“We won’t depart (the protest website) till the aims of the protest are achieved,” he confused.
When contacted, he mentioned Protection Minister Khawaja Asif couldn’t say that the PTI members had been compromised. In that case, he ought to be blissful as a substitute of worrying about it, he added.
Earlier in the identical programme, Sanaullah, who holds the publish of Particular Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs, mentioned the PTI's name was not a problem to the federal government.
He additionally mentioned the opposition social gathering had referred to as for protest with out doing their homework and this name would backfire and trigger immense injury to the social gathering.
The Prime Minister had provided the PTI to carry a political dialogue, he added, however the dialogue was not talked about within the PTI founder's coverage.