Rawalpindi:
Despite PML-N President Nawaz Sharif’s warning to limit any attempts to create an “artificial political crisis,” PTI announced on Thursday to start a protest movement after Ramazan and confirm his commitment to forming a magnificent opposition alliance.
PTI Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa President Junaid Akbar Khan expressed these views while talking to the media outside the Adiala prison after he was denied a scheduled meeting with the party’s basic chairman Imran Khan. He was flanked by other party leaders including Hamid Raza, Punjab Assembly opposition leader Aamir Khan Bachar and Shandana Gulzar,
Junaid emphasized that PTI leaders would respond to their chairman’s request regardless of government restrictions. He rejected claims that party leaders avoided prison visits and claimed they remained steadfast in their support. He also repeated the party’s obligation to form a magnificent opposition alliance and organize protests after Eid.
The PTI leaders did not exclude the possibility of a sit-in outside Adiala prison if necessary.
On Wednesday, Nawaz claimed that the people would no longer allow anyone to throw a wrench into the works of national progress. He emphasized that Pakistan’s progress will not be derailed by “groups that do not know the principles of politics and democracy”.
Raza criticized the government and said the political discourse had worsened and accused Punjab chief minister Maryam Nawaz’s family of former unethical political tactics. He said the company would no longer bear the burden of the current rulers.
Raza also commented that PTI leaders were deliberately prevented from meeting their party’s founder and called it a violation of constitutional rights. He claimed that some figures within the government were trying to mislead the public by producing opposition leaders in a negative light.
Bachar condemned authorities to get them to wait for hours before refusing their meeting request. He threw the “government’s tactics” and accused the established regime of imposing an illegitimate administration. He rejected accusations that PTI was responsible for unseemly political behavior, saying that it was the ruling party leaders who first engaged in unethical political attacks.
The PTI leaders also highlighted the case of Waqas Arslan, whose wife allegedly suffered a spontaneous abortion due to police brutality. They demanded accountability from the Punjab Chief Minister and IGP. They warned that people’s anger against government was growing, which could be dangerous to democracy and the country’s stability.
