Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Sirajul Haq will meet PTI chief Imran Khan in Islamabad today (Wednesday) to discuss mediation options between the latter and the government. The decision followed the JI chief’s meeting with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak and other PTI ministers in Peshawar on Tuesday.
According to officials, Sirajul Haq met with the PTI leaders after receiving a phone call from Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar, who asked his politico-religious party to ‘play its role’ to end the standoff between the government and PTI.
“Doors to reconciliation are open and the JI will play its role in the process,” party spokesperson Ameerul Azeem quoted Sirajul Haq as saying. However, Haq warned that if political parties do not take reconciliation seriously, then a ‘third party’ might take advantage of the situation, Azeem told The Express Tribune.
“Whatever is the state of democracy in the country, it must continue,” the JI ameer stated after meeting the PTI leaders. “The government is expected to fulfill Imran Khan’s demand of recounting votes in the four contentious constituencies but at the same time the PTI is expected to find a middle ground.” Haq will also meet Leader of the Opposition Syed Khursheed Shah as well as the chief of the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Mehmood Khan Achakzai in Islamabad.
So far, the JI has not reached a decision about its participation in PTI’s Azadi March on August 14. The decision will be taken during a party meeting on August 10, Azeem said.
Separately, officials revealed that Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique also telephoned Sirajul Haq, inviting him to a meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 6th, 2014.
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I have gone through all the above mentioned comments which is a ground reality in Pakistan but none of them has suggested a workable solution to this menace . One small party with the help of few thousand supporters has locked the opposition and govt. at a time when they should be with the flood affected people . They are the people compelled the govt. not to respect Indus water treaty, dispite of that India has already constructed many dams in the encatchment zone of these rivers . Imagine what would happened when India will open the gates of these dams in this flood season . Don't forget that the Indus valley civilization had been wipped off due to such floods in the past . IK and Quadry has to fix their peiority first . The change they want may take decades to realize and can not be achieve through Mobocracy at least till then ensure the existence of the land on which they are standing today .
he is the only sensible poitician making efforts to resolve issues with talks he deserves to b nxt prime minister of pk
Nawaz Shareef so incompetent that he cannot take decision of his own,trying to get help from other politician...fake heavy mandate...late ZAB also got heavy mandate...end result ..hope ET will print my comment
Yes. The third party should not be allowed to take advantage of the proposed march .
I hope IK will also realize it .
He is a good man, hope he can convince the leaders to take the right decisions. Everybody knows that only the establishment/military will benefit from this
Sensible step. Imran should also be in his senses so that the third party should not benefit from it.
@Ozair: What will be new if they do???
Siraj is a sensible politician. He knows that only Khakis are gaining from this political wrangling. Hope he is able to knock some sense into the Niazi Khan.
Hope JI does not end up on the wrong side of history in supporting a fake Elected Govt