- Imran Khan should come straight to talks, says Wazir.
- The interior minister says that Imran was told about the talks earlier.
- He slammed the PTI and PML-Q for their comments about the former COAS.
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Monday said that if Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan wants to negotiate with the government, he should come straight to the point without any strings attached.
He said that I had told Imran Khan on November 26 that he would not get the date of election from Pindi, I had also told him earlier that Imran Khan should contact the politicians for the election. Geo News Program Today with Shahzeb Khanzada.
This statement of Sanaullah came after the appearance of the PTI chief. Desire to prevent dissolution If the coalition government agrees to hold elections by the end of March next year, the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assemblies
In an interview to a private news channel, Khan said: “If they are ready for elections by the end of March, we will not dissolve the assemblies, otherwise, we want to dissolve the assemblies of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab and hold elections.” “
Taking a tougher stance, PTI Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry said that if the election talks are not successful by December 20, the party will dissolve the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab Assemblies. December 21.
But as the PTI tries to put pressure on the government, a confident Sanaullah challenged Punjab Chief Minister Pervez Elahi to dissolve the provincial assembly because the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and its allies would contest the elections. were ready for
“The political damage we have already suffered ends here, no more,” Sanaullah added.
Claims surrounding former COAS
The Interior Minister reminded that Chief Minister Punjab and his son Munis Elahi have claimed that former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa advised them to join hands with PTI.
“When Pervez Elahi reached an agreement with us, why did he need to talk to Bajwa Sahib? If he had to, then why didn’t he do it before signing the agreement with us?” He thought.
Criticizing the PTI and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), the home minister said that both the parties were remembering the issues related to the former COAS after his retirement.
In back-to-back interviews, CM Elahi has said that former Chief of Army Staff General (R) Asked Muslim League-Q to support PTI.
Before Chief Minister Elahi Mons had revealed. General (retd) Bajwa had advised his party to support PTI when no-confidence motion was presented against former Prime Minister Khan.
Not only this, the PTI chief accused the former COAS of cheating and lamented that extending the retired general was his “biggest mistake”.
General Bajwa Retired last month After serving as army chief for six years – 2016-2022 – he received a three-year extension in 2019 during Khan’s regime.