Pakistan Peoples’ Party Punjab President Mian Manzoor Wattoo has called for an immediate withdrawal of Article 245 from the federal capital.
In a statement issued on Friday, he said that almost all the political leadership of the country and the civil society had opposed it bitterly describing it as unwarranted and most unpopular decision.
He argued that the situation in Islamabad was not worst than of Peshawar and Quetta, adding that how come the government found it appropriate to invoke the article in the federal capital.
He said imposition of Article 245 could entail the suspension of fundamental rights of the citizens who would not like it. The possibility of the clash of the institution with the people with devastating consequences could not be ruled out, he added.
He argued that it also implied that the government and its law enforcement agencies had failed to secure the federal capital reflecting poorly on the ability of the government regarding its acumen of crisis management.
He said that the government had taken the decision in panic, adding that such decision, having far reaching implications, must be taken after threadbare discussions at the Parliamentary forum so that its ownership could be taken by all.
He maintained that it seemed that the ruling party had not abandoned the temptation of taking solos flight.
He said that the ruling party was unfortunately averse of taking the other political parties into confidence on matters of national importance.
He pointed out that ongoing military operation in North Waziristan was launched without taking into confidence the Parliament and the political leadership alike and the prime minister had not till this time taken the trouble of bringing the Parliamentarians in the loop.
