PTI ready for talks, be it with ‘angels or humans’: Omar Ayub

Pakistan Dec, 9 2024
PTI ready for talks, be it with ‘angels or humans’: Omar Ayub
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ISLAMABAD: Just days before the Imran Khan-founded PTI’s proposed civil disobedience movement, the former ruling party has announced that it is ready for dialogue, be it with humans or ‘farishtay’ (angels) a tacit reference to the establishment.

Apparently diverging from the former ruling party’s previous stance, PTI senior leader Omar Ayub Khan explained his party’s fresh negotiation policy, saying: “We are ready for talks, be it with humans or farishtay [angels].”

Previously, the Imran Khan-founded was of the view that they would hold talks only with the military establishment instead of the government. 

Last week, the incarcerated PTI founder warned the government of launching a “civil disobedience” movement if his demands, including the judicial probe into the crackdown on party supporters, are not met.

Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Imran who claimed to have a “trump card”  announced the constitution of a five-member negotiation committee comprising Omar Ayub, CM Gandapur, Sahibzada Hamid Raza, Salman Akram Raja and Asad Qaiser.

The committee, he said, would negotiate with the federal government on two points  the release of “political prisoners” facing trial and the constitution of a judicial commission to probe the events of May 9, 2023 and a late-night crackdown on PTI protesters on November 26.

“If these two demands are not accepted, a civil disobedience movement will be launched from December 14,” the jailed former premier said, adding that the government would be responsible for the results of this movement.

During yesterday’s presser, Ayub slammed the incumbent government saying: “A national government is not the solution to the problems being faced by the country.”

He stressed the need to uphold the rule of law and justice to steer the country out of the crisis. “At present, there is only fascism and baton [in the country].”

For his part, Senate opposition leader Shibli Faraz termed the coalition government in the Centre a “fake regime” saying they wanted to engage the PTI leadership in “fake cases”.

Hundreds of cases have been lodged against the PTI top leadership, including the party founder, in connection with the May 9 violence last year and the do-or-die protest in Islamabad last month.

Published in The Daily National Courier, December, 10 2024

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