LAHORE
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Javed Latif said on Monday the ‘facilitators’ are trying to bring Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan back in power.
During a presser in Lahore, the federal minister reprimanded the ongoing negotiations between the coalition government and the PTI. On the ongoing negotiations between the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the PML-N leader maintained that negotiations aren’t conducted with terrorists’ wings.
“Talks are never held with those who throw petrol bombs nor with those who are instruments of world powers. Negotiations are not held with those who talk about Mir Jaffer, Mir Sadiq,” Latif said.
The PML-N leader also mocked the role of the country’s law enforcement agencies stating that they can fight rocket launchers in the ongoing operation against dacoits in Rahim Yar Khan, but cannot counter petrol bombs. “It is not the responsibility of the incumbent government, but of those sitting in the institutions,” he said while sharing his viewpoint. He further labelled the opposition party as ‘terrorists’ and rejected the idea of holding talks with the political rival.
“Talks should never be held with terrorists and those who want to destroy national institutions”, he said.
He questioned why former Inter-Services Intelligence chief Faiz Hamid and ex-Supreme Court chief justice Asif Saeed Khosa do not respond to the allegations being made against them. “Have state institutions become so weak or the people sitting in them have been compromised?” he asked.
The PML-N leader further criticized the PTI chairman saying that Imran Khan is repeatedly confessing to crime, but he is being safeguarded and therefore, his real face has not been exposed till date. The truth is not being revealed as everyone’s interests are connected, he said.
Mr Latif underscored that bringing out the truth is the responsibility of those sitting in the institutions, but there are people who have conspired with the PTI chairman. He questioned that why the audio leaks are not being taken notice of?
“Negotiations are being held with an anarchist group under the pressure of someone,” said Mr Latif. Reminding everyone about the progress the country witnessed during the PML-N’s previous governments, Latif said: “Industrial development, China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and bringing peace are [party supremo] Nawaz Sharif’s efforts,” he said.
The minister shed light on his party’s contribution to improving the country’s situations. “Wheat has been produced in abundance, the economy is recovering, we are presenting Pakistan’s case better globally,” Latif asserted.
