PESHAWAR
\nThe democratic system cannot strengthen its roots in the country unless all the stakeholders including religious and political parties sit together for a grand political dialogue to seek solutions to the prevailing socio economic challenges being faced by the country.
\nThe political dialogue was considered an effective tool in a democratic setup, which resolved political issues and removed misunderstanding among political players amicably and also strengthened democracy besides ensuring the smooth transition of power through mutual consensus among political stakeholders.
\n\u201cIn democratic system, the doors to political dialogue among religious and political entities are always open to take decisions in national interest,\u201d said Professor Dr A.H.Hilali, former Chairman, Political Science Department, University of Peshawar while talking to APP on Friday.
\nHe said democracy was derailed four times in Pakistan due to absence of political dialogue among political parties, which resulted in socioeconomic imbalances, poverty and weakened democratic institutions in the past.
\nDr Hilali said the government of Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was dismissed after the 9 religious and political parties under the platform of Pakistan National Alliance (PNA) launched agitation movement, claiming rigging in 1977 elections.
\nIn-spite of strong denial of the rigging allegations by PPP, he said PNA\u2019s agitation movement have sparked riots and unrest and incurring colossal economic losses to the country and subsequently democracy was packed up for the third time on July 5, 1977.
\n\u201cThe absence of political dialogue during 90s had also led to the dissolution of the elected assemblies and the governments of former Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and PMLN Quaid Nawaz Sharif after being accused of riggings in elections and its negative outcome came before us in the shape of martial law on October 12, 1999.\u201d
\nProfessor Hilali said unfortunately our politicians did not learn lessons from history and again started wrangling by closing the doors of political dialogue despite the country\u2019s difficult economic situation.
\n\u201cIn democratic setup, the doors of negotiations between political parties were never kept closed and there was always flexibility and logic to move forward,\u201d he said, adding the political mercury that touched new height of confrontation after the dissolution of Imran Khan Government through a successful no confidence motion needed to be brought down through a constructive political dialogue between Govt and opposition parties.
\nBesides the country\u2019s poor economic situation, he said that political negotiations were also inevitable on elections\u2019 reforms so that no political party could raise fingers on the election results.
\n\u201cBy dissolving the Punjab and KP assemblies, Imran Khan had pushed himself towards a narrow street and lost a golden opportunity to play role in formation of the caretaker setup in centre after tendering resignations by the PTI lawmakers from the national assembly,\u201d said Wajid Ali Khan, former Provincial Minister and ANP leader while taking to media.
\n\u201cIf Bangladeshi leaders Hasnia Wajid and Khalida Zia could sit across the table for the sake of their countrymen, then why the government and opposition parties in Pakistan can\u2019t sit together for holding a grand dialogue of political reconciliation.
\nWajid Ali has accused PTI\u2019s former lawmakers for depriving their electorates from development funds in upcoming budget in KP, Punjab, Centre and left hundreds of thousands of floods victims in these provinces alone after prematurely dissolving the two provincial assemblies.
\nKP has been pushed to the verge of financial default by the PTI rulers, who failed to take up the case of Rs61.89 billion net hydel profit\u2019s arrears with the federation.
\nBillion trees afforestration project has been taken over by the NAB while BRT Peshawar was completed on very high-cost compared to Islamabad and Multan metros thus wasted the taxpayer money.
\nANP leader said the construction work on long awaited Arbab Niaz Cricket stadium Peshawar has been left uncompleted by the PTI incompetent rulers while construction work on Kalam sports stadium in Swat could not be started despite being the home town of former Chief Minister KP Mahmood Khan.
\nTraffic jam in Peshawar City has made lives of Peshawarties miserable due to wrong planning in BRT\u2019s corridor and not a single hospital was completed in Peshawar by the PTI in its long nine years and six months rule, thus exerted extra burden of patients in Lady Reading Hospital and Khyber Teaching Hospital at Peshawar.
\nIn-spite of an increase in terrorism incidents in KP during tenure of PTI, he said that 60 policemen of KP Police Force were deployed for security of Bani Gala and 50 policemen at Imran Khan\u2019s residence Zaman Park.
\n\u201cWe strongly believe in political dialogue and our doors are always open for all parties to take the country out of the existing difficult economic situation,\u201d said Ikhtair Wali Khan, PMLN Spokesman and former member provincial assembly while talking to APP.
\nHe said PMLN did not believe in political victimization of opponents and law would take its own course in Fawad Chaudhary case. He said mocking national institutions and high officials as well as their family members was highly deplorable.
\nIkhtair claimed that PTI had deceived people on the hollow slogan of \u201c accountability and change\u201d as the former PTI former Government in KP itself closed its own Ehtishab Commission at Peshawar besides the province was put under huge loans burden.
\nThe baseless \u2018foreign conspiracy\u2019 narrative of Imran Khan has been totally rejected by the people as they knew that the PTI Chairman\u2019s was using it in a bid to raise his dwindling popularity after his poor governance in the last four years, he maintained.
\nPTI has shattered the confidence of voters of KP and Punjab after prematurely dissolving the two provincial assemblies and would face people\u2019s wrath in upcoming elections, he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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