Quetta:
Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) President Mahmood Khan Achakzai has raised alarms over rising tensions in the Middle East, especially between Iran and Israel, warning of serious consequences for Pakistan.
When he spoke at a press conference in Quetta, the veteran politician and leader of the movement to the protection of Pakistan’s constitution called the nation to avoid being tangled in external conflicts and said, “Proxy Wars returns to our region – and we have to wake up before it’s too late.”
Achakzai complained in Pakistan’s long -standing constitutional challenges and remembered how there were initially conscious delays in drafting a constitution. Once established, he said, the constitution was systematically undermined. He painted a bleak image of the country’s current state and described it as the mirror of a deep political, constitutional and economic crisis.
The comments came after a two-day meeting of PKMAP’s central director and working committees. Achakzai accused the current government of lacking legitimacy and stated that the public mandate had been stolen and that the constitution was openly violated. “If this government remains in power, it will cause irreparable damage to the country,” he warned.
With reference to a recent World Bank report, Achakzai noted that more than 45 percent of Pakistan’s population is now living below the poverty line. He criticized the disproportionate allocation of the national budget for debt service and defense at the expense of public welfare. The PKMAP chief further condemned the judiciary, the media and reigning elites not to protect democratic principles and proposed the seizure of illegal assets from public officials to help offset national debt.
Achakzai repeated his demand for immediate release of PTI founder Imran Khan and other political prisoners.
