ISLAMABAD: Faisal Karim Kundi, the minister of state for eradicating poverty and social protection, stated on Thursday that while his party supported politics of disagreement and dialogue, it never turned to criticizing government institutions.
Speaking at a press conference here, Faisal Kundi questioned how the state institutions would regain their respect if the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) disregarded them and refused to appear in front of them. Kundi pleaded with the federal and provincial governments to refrain from detaining the female PTI leaders and party members. He questioned the PTI’s top officials as to why they had gone into hiding when they frequently claimed to have made great sacrifices for their political cause.
“Many PTI politicians are contacting us to join Pakistan People’s Party (PPP),” he claimed.
He refused that PPP leadership would not take such violent-minded politicians into the party.
He criticized the dual standards of justice and said,” People do not respect such decisions.”
“If PTI had taken the negotiations with the government seriously, the incident of May 9 would not have happened,” Kundi said.
Faisal Karim Kundi has said that Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will visit Azad Kashmir from May 21 to 23, 2023 to highlight Indian atrocities in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
The case of Kashmir has been fought by the Pakistan People’s Party on every forum, he said adding that during his recent visit, the Foreign Minister will tell the world about the ongoing Indian atrocities in IIOJK.
He further informed that the G-20 conference is going to be held in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, against which Pakistan has always protested. “We raised this case on every forum that it should not be held in IIOJK” he said.
In this regard, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto will go to Muzaffarabad from Islamabad on 21st, where he will also address the Kashmir Assembly, talk to the media and will stay in Kashmir till 23rd May, 2023.
Faisal Karim Kundi said that May 9 was the darkest day in the history of Pakistan, adding Pakistan People’s Party strongly condemned these events in which government properties and military installations were burnt.
PTI members have also condemned the 09 May heinous incidents and clearly said that those responsible should be punished, he added.
He said that we may have political differences with each other but such situations have never arisen in the past. Imran Khan had given a call on which his workers did this, he lamented over the situation. PTI’s own party leaders are condemning these incidents.
He said that Imran Khan did not appear in the NAB court even yesterday and he pretended that he was about to be arrested.
Pakistan People’s Party respected the courts, he said and added Ms. Benazir Bhutto appeared in every court.
Faisal Karim Kundi said that Imran Khan always used women and children as a shield. During his rule, he arrest our party’s women from their homes and locked them in jails, and now PTI leaders are hiding for fear of arrest. There is a separate law for Imran Khan and others in the country. He said that many people of PTI have contacted PPP.
People’s Party has called a meeting of the Central Executive Committee on the situation in the country, Kundi added. Chairman Bilawal Bhutto will take the party into confidence regarding the National Security meeting, adding, tomorrow evening in the press conference in Karachi, everything will be told to the media.
He said that the People’s Party believes that negotiations are the only solution to the problems.
“Pakistan Army is protecting our borders. Pakistan Army belongs to all of us. We all should respect it” he added.
