Islamabad:
Opposition leaders urged all political parties to meet to establish constitutional norms for relations between parties and call for a new democratic framework, systemic reforms and a cessation of political victim and institutional overreaction.
An All Parties Conference (APC), organized by Tehreek Tahafuz Ayin-E-Pakistan (TTAP), hosted the former Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar’s residence in Islamabad at Mahmood Khan Achakzai’s invitation. The conference brought together leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI), Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP), former senators, legal experts and civil society groups.
In the issuance of a broad manifest, the APC demanded the resolution of Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) and the 26th change, immediate release of politically imprisoned, abolition of media restrictions and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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Khokhar, who read the joint statement, condemned “escalating authoritarian practice” and demanded immediate release by Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi with accelerated hearings in Islamabad High Court and Supreme Court.
He described the penalty of dozens of PTI activists and opposition laws one day earlier as a “black day” in democratic history and claimed “the hybrid regime wants complete elimination of resistance in the country.”
Delegates also called for the establishment of a new “Charter of Democracy” confirming supremacy in the 1973 Constitution, the rule of law, legal independence and the establishment of an impartial and autonomous election commission.
A statement warned: “As a result of successive assaults from the hybrid regime, the constitution of Pakistan – including the fundamental rights of Articles 8 to 18 – and the parliamentary democratic system has been made meaningless.”
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The conference required further abolition of SIFC and called it constitutional and contrary to the 18th amendment. “SIFC is in violation of the spirit of the 18th amendment and the Constitution. We demand its resolution and cancellation of plans to transfer millions of acres – acquired in the name of the company’s agriculture – to the Green Initiative Company.”
APC, which criticized civilian -military interference, accused the federal and defense institutions of undermining civilian agencies and eroding public confidence in law enforcement and the legal system. It required immediate reforms and restoration of trust in judiciary.
By tackling the legal independence, it declared the decision: “After the 26th constitutional amendment, legal dependence has been reduced to a slogan and is effectively not -existing in Pakistan. Kangaroo courts now serve establishment interests; regular courts serve selected individuals, while Chief Justice has become a symbolic figure.”
To reverse this, the conference called for full termination of the amendment, completed all interference and the establishment of an independent system for legal appointments. “To restore the sanctity of the judiciary … the full abolition of the 26th constitutional amendment is necessary,” it said.
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At provincial autonomy, APC demanded that mineral resources in Balochistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan remain under local control, declaring any legislation or contracts concluded without provincial consent as invalid.
The statement also required the release of missing persons in Balochistan and K -P via court appearance, immediate dissolution of illegal private militias, which is alleged to have the establishment of the support and release of political prisoners. It insisted on the constitutional right to righteous litigation.
It also called for the removal of restrictions for pilgrims (Zairen) from Balochistan, who was driving against Iran and Iraq, banning a violation of religious and human rights and demanding greater local involvement in the management of border areas alongside Iran and Afghanistan.
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APC proposed a truth and reconciliation commission that promotes transitional law justice, and said, “Each institution or person who, from the founding of Pakistan, has until today played some role against democracy, people’s rights or the Constitution must volunteer for this commission and confess for their crimes and mistakes.”
The resolution emphasized promoting democratic culture and inter -party consultation to limit political victim.
APC, which expressed concern about Pakistan’s socio -economic situation, emphasized that about 45 percent of Pakistanis live below the poverty line, paid purchasing power has fallen by 58 percent, total unemployment is at 22 percent and youth unemployment exceeds 30 percent.
Finally, the opposition called for the K -P government to comply with Peshawar High Court’s judgment, which hit the FATA -TOF regulation and withdrew its appeal in the Supreme Court.
