Onslaught of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) on the Prime Minister House, Pak Secretariat and Parliament was uncalled for, and cannot be justified by any measure of democratic politics, said Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Punjab President Manzoor Wattoo while talking to journalists at the residence of PPP Sahiwal Vice President Rana Aftab.
Wattoo said that his party had emerged as the third political force of the country and it was not possible for the Parliament and the government not to heed to his grievances. He said that the government was also guilty of unforgiving tardiness because it did not endeavour to look into the demands of the PTI for voters’ verification for such a long time.
He added that the government was responsible for the present political crisis due to the mishandling of the Model Town incident by the Punjab government in which 14 PAT workers were killed and ninety were injured. He further said it was criminal act of the government that it delayed the registration of the FIR that paved the way for agitation politics.
Wattoo maintained that the PAT had different agenda of seeking out of box solution of the problems of the country but the PTI was a democratic party and should tread on implementing its agenda through the democratic means.
He said that even at this critical time dialogues were the only way to get the country out of the turmoil because conflicts were resolved at the negotiation table at the end of the day. Although a lot of waters have flown down the bridge but still negotiations should be resumed to cut national losses, he added.
He observed that ongoing tamasha in Islamabad had given enough reasons to the world for the laughter at our expense. The child play has proved that the politicians have failed to resolve their differences due to egoism that had skewed up, apparently, beyond redemption.
