- Sanaullah says the events of May 9 and November 26 have already been investigated.
- The investigation cannot reopen, the cases are already before the courts, he said.
- PM’s aide rejects ‘PTI propaganda on workers’ deaths’
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has formed a committee comprising members from all ruling parties to examine the demands submitted by the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the Prime Minister’s aide on political affairs said on Thursday , Rana Sanaullah.
Flanked by Senator Irfan Siddiqui, head of the government’s negotiating committee, Sanaullah addressed a press conference in Islamabad to brief the media about a meeting between the PTI and the government’s negotiating committees.
Earlier today, the PTI finally presented its demands in writing, demanding investigations into the events of May 9, 2023 and November 26, 2024, as well as the release of “political prisoners”.
The PTI’s ‘Charter of Demands’, available with Geo News, also mentions that if the government fails to constitute two separate commissions on the violent events, the party will not continue negotiations.
The third meeting between the Imran Khan-founded PTI and the government was held at Parliament under the leadership of National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq, where the demands were presented.
Sanaullah said the committee would consider and respond to the PTI’s demands.
Sanaullah said the committee would consider and respond to the PTI’s demands.
“As of now, I am presenting the initial opinion on the demands,” Sanaullah said, adding that the PTI was demanding the release of its “political prisoners” and party founder Imran Khan.
Speaking about the PTI’s demands to form an inquiry committee headed by the chief justice on May 9, 2023, the violent protests and the November 26, 2024 crackdown on party workers, Sanaullah said both cases had already been done the subject of an investigation.
“An investigation cannot be reopened into their claims when the matter is already before the courts,” he said.
The PM’s aide also denied PTI’s claims that “hundreds of its workers were killed and missing” following the November 26 crackdown on protesters in Islamabad’s D-Chowk area l ‘last year.
“They couldn’t even figure out how many of their workers had gone missing or been injured in two and a half months. If hundreds of their workers had gone missing, their families would have staged a sit-in at D-Chowk,” he said. he declared. added.
Moreover, Sanaullah said the PTI had not even provided details of its “political prisoners” or its missing or killed workers. “It is hoped that the decision on the £190 million case against the PTI founder and his wife will be announced tomorrow,” he said.
PTI Requirements
The party demanded that the government form two commissions, comprising the Chief Justice of Pakistan or three sitting judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, mutually nominated by the PTI and the government within seven days.
“The progress of the work of the two commissions must be open to the general public as well as to the media,” the party mentions in the document.
The PTI called on the federal government, as well as the governments of Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan, to support, in accordance with law, the grant of bail or orders suspending the conviction and sentence of all political prisoners.
The party said it would identify political prisoners arrested following the events of May 9 and November 24-24 or any other political events elsewhere.
He also requested support for those who have been convicted and whose appeals or reviews are currently pending in court.
The PTI presented a total of 22 key points to the government, including five demands regarding the formation of two commissions of inquiry.
The party presented nine demands related to the first commission of inquiry and seven demands related to the second commission.
Among the demands are the release of political activists arrested across the country and the suspension of their sentences.