Former interior minister and Pakistan People’s Party leader Rehman Malik has warned that the deadlock between the government, and the PTI and the PAT is moving towards confrontation. He said the onus lies on the government to manage and resolve the political impasse.
Speaking to media representatives on Friday, the PPP leader said the army had given a clear signal to Nawaz Sharif, Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri and that it was now up to them to manage the situation.
Malik said if they failed in resolving the current political impasse, the situation could get worse. He said both the parties should focus on a resolution through talks, adding it was up to the sagacity of the prime minister that the issue should be resolved in an amicable manner. Rehman Malik said their leadership had advised them to adopt a neutral stance in this political situation.
He wished there might not arise any situation wherein the prime minister would be forced to resign pointing out that the PPP had always sided with democratic forces and its leaders and workers had given a number of sacrifices.
In reply to a question, Rehman Malik said there had been long marches in the history of Pakistan but advised that “patience is key to dealing with political issues”.
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