ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), stated on Friday that he has told Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Fawad Chaudhry to only communicate with the government if they are prepared to dissolve the National Assembly. “I’m telling these two to have a conversation if the government is prepared to dissolve the National Assembly immediately and hold elections. There is no need, the PTI leader told reporters at the Islamabad High Court (IHC), if the government keeps talking about holding elections in September or October.
He was flanked by Qureshi and Fawad when he was speaking to the media. On Thursday, these two, along with Barrister Ali Zafar, held the first round of talks with the government on elections. The two sides will meet again today.
During his informal discussion with the journalists at the IHC, the PTI chief also stated that the “ball” was now in the government’s court on the matter of elections.
“If elections are not held on May 14 it means Constitution is torn apart. If the Constitution is violated then whoever has power will have his way,” said the PTI chief.
He added that his party always respected the Supreme Court adding that there was no comparison between the PTI and Pakistan Democratic Movement as his party was with the Constitution while the other was against it.
“The Constitution is supreme not the Parliament,” said Khan.
Indirectly endorsing journalist Hamid Mir’s remarks about General (retd) Qamar Bajwa’s Kashmir plan, former prime minister Imran Khan on Friday sparked a new debate by claiming to know dangerously ‘more’ than what Capital Talk host disclosed, but would not speak about it for the sake of the country.
A few days ago, anchorperson Hamid Mir spoke at length about the former army chief’s off-the-record interaction with a group of 20-25 journalists during which matters related to Pakistan-India ties and the Kashmir dispute also came under discussion.
The journalist claimed that ex-COAS Gen Bajwa told the media persons that Pakistan was not in a condition to fight a war with India.
Khan, who has blamed the former army chief for toppling his government, said: “I know more things than that, but this is a national security issue”.
