Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz senior leader Senator Irfan Siddiqui Tuesday said that PTI’s four demands are unrealistic and impractical.
“The government is neither negotiating nor can any concessions be made to PTI in this regard,” Siddiqui said during a discussion at a private TV channel.
The Senator said that the government was open to discussions if there were any reasonable demands.
“There can be no talks about irrational demands such as repealing the 26th Amendment, returning the self claimed mandate, dropping cases and releasing all prisoners,” he said.
He said these four demands are non-starters.
Siddiqui said that the PTI has pushed itself into a cul-de-sac after announcing protests on November 24.
“They are looking for an excuse to escape from it. Even senior leaders within PTI are scrambling to avoid embarrassment,” he said.
He said such demands in these circumstances cannot be called serious negotiations.
He said that during Imran Khan’s tenure, false and absurd cases like treason, ephedrine, heroin, and tenancy were fabricated, and opposition members were imprisoned. We have never done anything like this. Imran Khan and all his associates are facing solid legal cases.
When asked if Nawaz Sharif wanted to see Imran Khan in jail, Senator Siddiqi responded that Nawaz Sharif is not that kind of politician as he spoke about forgiving and forgetting the past after returning from London.
He said that Imran Khan is in jail due to his own deeds and serious crimes.
He questioned whether Nawaz Sharif asked anyone to sell the precocious watches and jewelry from the Toshakhana in Dubai markets? Did Nawaz Sharif instruct to seize land fraudulently for 190 million pounds deal and establish the so-called Al-Qadir Trust? Did Nawaz Sharif order attacks on more than 250 military installations?
Senator Siddiqui also mentioned that General Qamar Javed Bajwa had already acknowledged the rigging of the 2018 elections. He (Bajwa) had told Maulana Fazlur Rehman, “Yes, we had to get Imran Khan elected, ‘lykin masala taaiz ho gaya’.”
Senator Irfan Siddiqi concluded by saying that if PTI withdraws its call for November 24, it would be better; otherwise, the government will fulfill its duty to protect the lives and property of the public according to the Constitution and the law.
