Image Source : AP Pakistan: Imran Khan’s PTI protest towards alleged rigging in February 8 elections.
Pakistan elections: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has introduced that it will maintain “peaceful protests” throughout the nation towards alleged rigging in final week’s elections and the “marginalisation of the PTI”. Party chief Gohar Khan urged political events and the general public to affix the protests and mentioned that “we won’t let our mandate be stolen”, Dawn reported.
“For this purpose, we are inviting all political parties whether it is the GDA, JI, JUI-F, TLP, ANP or any other party that believed the mandate was changed and rigging took place,” he mentioned, whereas addressing a press occasion in Rawalpindi. Gohar additionally rejected studies of Imran Khan softening his stance and agreeing to carry talks with Bilawal Bhutto’s Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
Some celebration sources informed Geo News that Imran was “ready” to speak to the PPP, which has already introduced supporting Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) candidate for prime minister — Shehbaz Sharif. However, PTI leaders rebuffed these studies and mentioned that the ex-PM had “strictly” suggested towards holding talks with PPP and PML-N.
“The PTI is doing politics for the protection of the public’s rights and believes in the supremacy of the mandate and democracy,” Gohar added. “Therefore, we don’t believe in any power-sharing. We will do strong opposition until we get the full mandate, but we are in the position to form governments in Punjab, KP and Centre.”
The PTI has additionally deliberate to succeed in out to rivals resembling Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl, Awami National Party, Jamaat-e-Islami, and different nationalist events protesting towards alleged rigging within the elections.
PTI-backed candidates sprung a serious shock, regardless of a full-fledged military-backed crackdown, by successful the best variety of seats, with 93 out of a complete of 264 seats for which ends up had been declared. Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N was the biggest celebration with 75 seats and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) gained 54.
Enough numbers: PTI’s PM candidate Omar Ayub
The celebration earlier mentioned it will ally with the Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen (MWM) within the Centre and Punjab. PTI mentioned it will type a coalition authorities with the Jamaat-i-Islami in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, however the latter refused to carry talks.
PTI on Thursday nominated the celebration’s secretary basic and former federal minister Omar Ayub Khan as its prime ministerial candidate. Omar will compete in a high-stakes contest with PML-N’s Shehbaz Sharif because the nation witnesses political turmoil amid a fractured mandate. PTI additionally nominated Mian Aslam because the PTI’s nominee for Punjab chief minister and Salar Khan for Balochistan’s prime workplace.
Omar mentioned his first precedence can be to free all political prisoners together with Imran Khan, Shah Mahmood Qureshi and different PTI staff, if he’s elected. “PTI will contest and inshallah win the PM election in the National Assembly as we have won with 180 seats in the General Elections 2024,” he mentioned.
“PTI as a party will work for strengthening democratic institutions in Pakistan so that the country’s economy can be put on a path of positive trajectory and we can initiate our reforms programme to benefit the people of Pakistan,” Omar additional mentioned on platform X.
This comes after the primary political events in Pakistan, besides Imran Khan’s, agreed to attempt to type a coalition authorities. These events embody Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P). The PML-N on Tuesday night time nominated 72-year-old Shehbaz Sharif because the prime ministerial candidate as a substitute of Nawaz Sharif.
JUI-F chief says Army liable for Imran’s ouster
PTI additional mentioned Imran wished the US to intently monitor the alleged rigging within the February 8 elections, which was instantly subjected to criticism from different events as Imran for lengthy had condemned American interference in Pakistan politics and blamed Washington for his ouster, however was now in search of their intervention. The US has patronised and supported dictators and corrupt folks in every single place, PTI chief Mohammed Ali Saif mentioned, conveying Imran’s message, however Washington now has an opportunity to “rectify its mistakes”.
Meanwhile, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman mentioned Thursday that the no-confidence movement that ousted Imran was tabled on the directives of ex-army chief General (retired) Qamar Javed Bajwa. Rehman mentioned in an interview that he was personally towards the no-confidence, but when he had mentioned no, it will have created an impression that he “saved” the PTI founder.
“They [Bajwa and ISI Director-General Faiz Hameed] were in contact with all political parties regarding the no-confidence motion and they told us the way of going about it,” he mentioned, including that each the PPP and PML-N supported the transfer. Rehman’s celebration was a part of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) with PPP and PML-N that eliminated Imran.
The JUI-F chief mentioned Hameed informed him that he couldn’t “do anything outside the system” — which means that each transfer needs to be made contained in the parliament, not on the streets. “When they said that [the anti-PTI] is now in majority, I had to agree with them otherwise it would’ve been said that I helped save Imran Khan,” he added.
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