LAHORE: The ruling coalition of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has asked jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party to abandon street protests and engage in "meaningful" Are invited to join. “Talks with the government,” it said in a media report on Monday.
Senate Chairman Yousaf Raza Gilani and Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal stressed the government's openness to talks, but stressed that Khan's embattled party will have to decide whose party it will support, The Express Tribune newspaper reported. Wants to talk with.
Speaking to the media in Lahore, Geelani reiterated the government's desire for talks. However, the former prime minister said Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) "intends to hold talks with someone else".The 71-year-old veteran PPP politician said Imran Khan's party wants to make its way by confronting the establishment and the government in court.
“(Our) doors are open for meaningful talks but we have to decide with whom they want to hold talks,” Gilani said.
The acting President of Pakistan said that the country is currently facing instability and hence all political leaders should come on one platform.
Geelani said that while in the opposition under the government led by him, he was willing to engage in political talks despite their reluctance to do so, the newspaper quoted him as saying.
Responding to another question, Geelani stressed that the PPP is committed to supporting the current government.“PPP has never indicated that it is not part of the government; Geelani said, we are with the government in all matters.
The former Prime Minister said that discussions are going on within the party regarding joining the cabinet both at the Center and in Punjab.
Meanwhile, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said the government's doors are open to all parties for purposeful and meaningful talks.
Iqbal said that there is a ruling party in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province and it should serve the people there.
“I advise the leadership to leave the streets (protest) and enter the (parliamentary) houses to play a positive role as the opposition,” he said.,
Criticizing this, the minister said that the party wants to use the courts after losing in politics.
"He wants to make his way in the court by fighting the establishment and the government," he said.
He claimed that there is uncertainty in the country due to a court decision. "Our doors are open to all parties for purposeful and meaningful dialogue but purposeful and meaningful dialogue can take place only when all parties interact with a positive agenda," he said.
Iqbal said the country could never forgive the events of May 9 when Khan's supporters unleashed unprecedented violence and attacked major military installations for the first time. He expressed hope that the next five years will protect the economy from political conflict. He stressed that rallies should no longer be a game, but "we should compete for public service".Recently, Pakistan's Punjab government approved registering more cases against jailed former Prime Minister Khan and his party men for inciting against state institutions, especially the powerful Pakistan Army.
The 71-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician has been in jail since August last year after being convicted in some of the nearly 200 cases charged against him since he stepped down from office in April 2022.
Senate Chairman Yousaf Raza Gilani and Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal stressed the government's openness to talks, but stressed that Khan's embattled party will have to decide whose party it will support, The Express Tribune newspaper reported. Wants to talk with.
Speaking to the media in Lahore, Geelani reiterated the government's desire for talks. However, the former prime minister said Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) "intends to hold talks with someone else".The 71-year-old veteran PPP politician said Imran Khan's party wants to make its way by confronting the establishment and the government in court.
“(Our) doors are open for meaningful talks but we have to decide with whom they want to hold talks,” Gilani said.
The acting President of Pakistan said that the country is currently facing instability and hence all political leaders should come on one platform.
Geelani said that while in the opposition under the government led by him, he was willing to engage in political talks despite their reluctance to do so, the newspaper quoted him as saying.
Responding to another question, Geelani stressed that the PPP is committed to supporting the current government.“PPP has never indicated that it is not part of the government; Geelani said, we are with the government in all matters.
The former Prime Minister said that discussions are going on within the party regarding joining the cabinet both at the Center and in Punjab.
Meanwhile, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said the government's doors are open to all parties for purposeful and meaningful talks.
Iqbal said that there is a ruling party in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province and it should serve the people there.
“I advise the leadership to leave the streets (protest) and enter the (parliamentary) houses to play a positive role as the opposition,” he said.,
Criticizing this, the minister said that the party wants to use the courts after losing in politics.
"He wants to make his way in the court by fighting the establishment and the government," he said.
He claimed that there is uncertainty in the country due to a court decision. "Our doors are open to all parties for purposeful and meaningful dialogue but purposeful and meaningful dialogue can take place only when all parties interact with a positive agenda," he said.
Iqbal said the country could never forgive the events of May 9 when Khan's supporters unleashed unprecedented violence and attacked major military installations for the first time. He expressed hope that the next five years will protect the economy from political conflict. He stressed that rallies should no longer be a game, but "we should compete for public service".Recently, Pakistan's Punjab government approved registering more cases against jailed former Prime Minister Khan and his party men for inciting against state institutions, especially the powerful Pakistan Army.
The 71-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician has been in jail since August last year after being convicted in some of the nearly 200 cases charged against him since he stepped down from office in April 2022.
