- Government may be behind PTI’s deteriorating relationship with army and judiciary, Fawad
- He says the PTI has “serious reservations” about filing cases against the leaders.
- Fawad says he does not want the government to resort to “unconstitutional” measures.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior vice-president Fawad Chaudhry on Monday said the party wants “improvement” in relations with the armed forces and the judiciary, not a “deterioration” in their relations.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Fawad said that we are constantly seeing that despite the efforts to improve, despite the deterioration of relations with the judiciary and the armed forces, some elements are fomenting differences.
PTI said that the country’s leadership should ensure that human rights violations are stopped immediately. “The way the law has been violated in the last 7 to 8 months must stop.”
The former federal minister said that after the registration of First Information Reports (FIRs) against Senator Azam Swati – who is behind bars for his controversial tweets – an FIR is also being registered against party leader Shehbaz Gul. are
“We have serious concerns about this. We believe that despite our efforts to improve relations, someone, or perhaps the federal government, is trying to worsen the situation.”
The ‘unfinished’ political scene
The PTI leader mentioned that the party leaders are facing several cases and there are reports that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is considering initiating proceedings against Imran Khan’s removal as the party chief. .
“The country’s political scene is incomplete without Imran Khan,” Fawad said, claiming that given the country’s situation, the party believed that Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and JU I-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman. Rahman may shift abroad.
Fawad added that although the situation is deteriorating, the PTI wants to move towards general elections and insists that the government should not resort to any “unconstitutional” measures while setting up the interim government.
Interim government cannot last in Pakistan [in power] After my appointed time. The Constitution does not allow this and we reject any suggestion of this.”
Resignation
The PTI leader said that while the party legislators were mulling over the strategy amid the no-confidence motion, the majority of them were of the opinion that they should not tender their resignations.
Fawad said, “However, once Imran Khan and the party took a decision, everyone saw that a historic 127 resignations were offered and accepted in the National Assembly”.
The former federal minister also said that there may be differences among the legislators in both the provincial assemblies of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, but the final decision will be Khan Sahib’s.
“In this regard, we have started meetings. We have invited MNAs and MPAs of Lahore to listen to them. Yesterday, Khan called a meeting of senior party leaders,” he said. is so that politics and the strategy of dissolution of assemblies can be considered.” .
He added that another major problem that Pakistan is facing is the economy as foreign exchange reserves with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) have fallen below $8 billion.