Skip to main content

Alvi meets JI emir to ‘enlist support’ for power show

LAHORE: Former president Arif Alvi met Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Thursday, two days prior to planned and much-trumpeted Lahore public meeting by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf in a bid to enlist latter’s numerical support for it.


A Jamaat insider, however, said neither the former president directly asked for it, nor the Jamaat promised. However, both sides know the larger political picture and the critical importance of public meeting for the PTI and its chief.


Both sides claimed to have spent much time on the government’s proposed constitutional package and the current political situation in the meeting at Mansoora and later spoke to the media waiting outside where Hafiz Naeemur Rehman firmly rejected the proposed amendment and urged all opposition parties to get united and do the same.








He criticised the government’s handling of the process, stating that this is not the appropriate time for such amendments, and that the government lacks the public mandate to make decisions of such gravity.


He said if a judicial commission were to investigate election rigging, more than half of the sitting members of the assembly would likely to lose their seats. He said the government was making attempts to create a new constitutional crisis by using questionable tactics related to the age and number of Supreme Court judges, particularly as a new chief justice is about to take office.


Rehman emphasised that the JI and PTI have maintained contact on matters of mutual interest and would continue to collaborate in the future.


He expressed concern over the current political climate, where democratic freedoms are being curtailed, and reiterated that every political party has the right to hold peaceful gatherings.


Rehman stressed that the country’s improvement is linked to respecting the Constitution.


He underscored that all institutions must operate within the boundaries set by the Constitution, as this is the only path to restoring the nation’s progress.


Dr Alvi voiced his disapproval of the government’s actions, accusing it of attempting to “bury the Constitution” under the guise of amendments, which, he asserted, were unacceptable.








He praised the JI’s principled stance on the issue, noting that the PTI shares this view.


Dr Alvi said this is not the time to inflict further damage on the Constitution, especially given the law and order situation in KP and Balochistan and country’s precarious economic condition.


He asked the Jamaat to play its due role in the current political crisis as it did in Bangladesh recently.


Published in Dawn, September 20th, 2024


http://dlvr.it/TDSZcv

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Pragmatic steps taken to implement Axle Load Control regime on NH&MP

Islamabad: Ministry of Communications has taken pragmatic steps to implement the Axle Load Control regime on Motorways & National Highways in the country. Sole objective of this move is to control travelling of overloaded vehicles which lead to fatal accidents besides damaging the national asset of road network of billions of rupees.Prior to implementation of axle load control regime, a technical committee was formed, consisting of officers from Ministry of Communications and National Highway Authority which remained in constant contacts with transport community, Members of the Chambers of Commerce and stakeholders hailing from all the provinces. This technical committee visited their offices and held detailed discussions in series of meetings and took them into confidence to facilitate implementation of Axle Load Control regime. The stakeholders assured of their full cooperation and subsequently, implementation of Axle Load Control was realized which is in progress.It is worth to ...
Post a Comment
Read more

CJP questions how ‘clarification order’ made it to website

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa has raised nine questions in a letter to the Supreme Court’s registrar, seeking clarification on how a Sept 14 clarification order was uploaded to the top court’s website. The Sept 14 order, issued by eight judges led by senior puisne judge Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, criticised the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for failing to implement the Supreme Court’s July 12 judgement, which declared the PTI eligible for reserved seats in parliament. In his letter dated Sept 21, the CJP wondered who directed the uploading of the Sept 14 clarification order on the Supreme Court’s website. His inquiry followed a note from the Deputy Registrar (Judicial), who flagged the issue of the order’s appearance on the website. The note questioned how the order was uploaded when no cause list had been issued, no notices had been sent to the parties, and the order had not been received by the deputy registrar’s office until 8pm on the...
Post a Comment
Read more

UN awards 2 Pakistani female peacekeepers for gender advocacy

The United Nations has awarded two Pakistani female peacekeepers with the Gender Advocacy Award for their “outstanding performance”, a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. In a statement issued on Thursday, the ISPR said the awards were presented to Major Sania Safdar, part of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Cyprus, and Major Komal Masood, who served in the Central African Republic, “for their outstanding performance and commitment in promoting the ideals of UN”. The accolades were presented by the under-secretary general in the UN’s Department for Peace Operations at its New York headquarters. “While serving in [an] international environment, both officers demonstrated exceptional professionalism [and] dedication,” the ISPR noted. It added that the two peacekeepers “made [a] significant contribution to Mission’s Peace and Stability efforts, especially with regards to advancing women’s meaningful participation in Peacekeeping Operations within the ...
Post a Comment
Read more