Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of the party’s Rawalpindi chapter and its six MPAs for not bringing enough people to the sit-in.
Imran Khan summoned all leaders from Rawalpindi on Wednesday and met them inside the Azadi Truck on the Constitution Avenue. The meeting was attended by President PTI North Punjab Sadaqat Abbasi and MPAs Saddique Khan, Malik Taimoor Masood, Asif Mehmood, Rashid Hafeez, Ijaz Khan Jazi and Arif Abbasi.
He asked them to bring 200 people from each union council for the next two to three days, to show the party’s street strength in the ‘final stage’.
“If all office-bearers attended the sit-in, then more than 1,000 people will remain on the protest venue. The responsibility lies on the shoulders of the local leaders to improve the attendance of the gathering in the next two or three days, which will be final,” he quoted the party chairman’s views.
He said the party leaders had informed the chairman that most of the people avoided to come in front due to the presence of Awami Muslim League (AML) leader Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on the container.
He said the party leaders had been asked to remain loyal to the party and be ready for the final announcement of the movement.
The official said the presence of a large crowd was necessary for the gathering, because the PAT workers were higher in number and PTI needs to increase the number of its own workers at the protest venue.
He said the party chairman also questioned the resignations of the MPAs, who told him that the Punjab Assembly speaker had made phone calls to the MPAs for verification of their resignations one day before.
“All MPAs were assured that the party would give them party tickets again and accommodate them in the cabinet if PTI manages to form a government in the next elections. The party chairman was hopeful that the next general elections were near,” he said.
PTI District President and MPA Arif Abbasi told Dawn that the party members held a meeting with the chairman and discussed party issues for the next few days.
He said the party asked them to bring maximum number of people at the sit-in for next two to three days, adding that Imran Khan wanted to improve the morale of the local leadership and heard their problems during the meeting.
He said the PTI Punjab chapter also held a meeting and discussed the current situation after the departure of Javed Hashmi.
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Qadri’s party will propose the names of two honest and impartial people for the appointment of caretaker prime minister.tehrik-I-Minhajul Quran (TMQ) President Dr. Tahirul qadri late on Thursday declared an end to four days of anti-government protests by thousands of people after striking a deal with the government.Hit a high-level delegation to deal with the cleric after thousands of people paralyzed the capital and the intense pressure on the government.An agreement was reached after hours of negotiations in a lead container religious leader was used in the demonstration site.Thousands of demonstrators packed the main road that runs through the federal capital, danced and cheered when it was announced qadri of the container that had been reached an agreement with the government."We have reached an agreement. After obtaining the signature of the Prime Minister, and we will read out the front of the demonstrators," said Prime TMQ supporters.Tahirul Qadri, who supported a military coup in 1999, calling for the army to play a role in the formation of a transitional government in the term up to the elections scheduled for May.The government agreed with the cleric to dissolve the National Assembly before the end of its mandate in mid-March, giving 90 days until elections, according to the "Islamabad Declaration long march."Which gives time to make sure politicians are eligible to stand for election.The government also agreed that the selection of a transitional government, which usually precede elections, in consultation with all parties.The statement was signed outlines the agreement between the government and Qadri Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, as well as high-level government officials who make up the negotiating team.The government delegation consists of Afrasiab Khattak, Farooq h Naek., qamar Zaman qaira, Chaudhry Shujaat, Babar Ghauri, Khurshid Shah,Amin Fahim , Farooq Sattar, Senator Abbas Afridi and Mushahid Hussain.On the issue of the formation of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), said the agreement will be discussed at a meeting on Jan 27 in the Platform Secretariat Minhaj-ul-Quran in Lahore.It was agreed that the focus will be on the enforcement of electoral reforms before the election on Article 62, 63 and 218 (3) of the Constitution, Article 77 to 82 of the representation of the People Act 1976 and other relevant provisions relating to conduct free and fair elections.Must implement the Supreme Court's ruling issued on June 8, 2012 on the constitutional petition of 2011 in letter and spirit is also true.Moreover, they also agreed that with the end of a long march and sit-in, and withdraw all cases registered against each other on the spot and there will be no victimization and reprisals against any of the parties or participants in the march.May ease pressure on the deal the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP), which has been criticized for failing to address a range of problems, from the Taliban insurgency to a weak economy.
