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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leadership has said the PTI and the Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI) have rejected the circulating amendment draft.
“We contacted Maulana Fazlur Rehman only at the request of founder PTI. Both parties have rejected the currently circulating draft,” Barister Gohar told the media on Wednesday.
He rejected a report about the PTI founder’s remarks against Fazl, saying that the statement attributed to PTI founder has ‘nothing to do with reality’,
Asad Qaiser said he invited Maulana Fazlur Rehman for dinner. He added “We have completely rejected the drafts. We do not accept it. The opposition will move forward unitedly.”
He continued: “It never happened that there was a constitutional amendment and the draft was hidden from the parliamentarians. We won’t accept such legislation.”
He stressed that there is unrest in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. “The law and order situation in this country is alarming. The opposition should unite and raise their voice,” he said.
Regarding the posting of Public Accounts Committee Chairman, Qaiser said the opposition party sit in the parliamentary committees
“If the PAC chief comes from the government, we will not continue sitting in other committees.”
In an informal chat with the media, the PTI founder said the reason why the ruling coalition wanted to get the constitutional amendments passed was that it wanted to extend the tenures of three ‘umpires’ namely Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Aamer Farooq and Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja so that they could give legal cover to the rigged general elections.
He said that though the government enjoyed the support of some ‘big fish’ for the purpose, it failed to achieve its objective.
Asked if the government had given up on its plan to introduce amendments, the PTI founder said: “No that is not the case. Right now, the government is busy enlisting the support of the required number of members of the parliament (MPs). They have to introduce amendments come what may.”
Stressing the need for political unity to save democracy, the former prime minister said that if Maulana Fazl now stood by democracy, then it was a good omen. “What these people fear is that if the present chief justice of Pakistan retires on time, then investigations into the May 9 incidents of violence and rigged February 8 general elections will begin.”
Courtesy: 24News
