PTI On S Jaishankar: Jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has distanced itself from the party leader’s invitation to Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to join his party’s protest, saying its political struggle There is no role of any foreign country in this.
PTI Chairman Barrister Gauhar Ali Khan on Saturday said the remarks of Muhammad Ali Saif, information advisor to the Chief Minister of Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ruled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa state, were misinterpreted. Let us tell you that Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar will participate in the Shanghai SCO summit meeting in Pakistan on 15 and 16 October.
PTI will invite India’s Foreign Minister
Muhammad Ali Saif, in response to a question on Saturday, had sarcastically said, “PTI will invite India’s Foreign Minister Jaishankar to come and join the party’s protest. Talk to our people and see that Pakistan has a strong democracy, where everyone has the right to protest”.
At the same time, this statement of Saif was criticized by the ruling party coalition and the ministers called inviting the Indian Foreign Minister as “extremely irresponsible”, which is tantamount to “animosity towards Pakistan”.
Party conflict is an internal issue
Barrister Gauhar Khan said that Pakistan’s 70-year-old policy towards India is the backbone of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He said that peaceful protest is our constitutional right. No foreign dignitary, including from India, has been invited by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf to join the protest. No foreign dignitary is allowed to comment on our internal affairs.
He stressed that the party’s conflict was an internal issue in which Jaishankar had no involvement and said Saif’s statement gave the wrong impression that the party had invited an Indian minister to attend the party’s demonstration. Did .
PTI’s protests continue, the party says that the government should follow the Constitution, independence of the judiciary and put pressure against rising inflation, apart from this the party is demanding the release of its 72-year-old founder. In an overnight meeting, PTI has decided that the protest will continue until party founder Imran Khan asks his supporters to end it.