Prime Minister Imran Khan says he has directed the chairman of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to visit the dharna site to assess what relief and assistance can be provided to the participants with the onset of rain and the changing weather conditions.
JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman says if the government wants to find a middle ground, it should present its suggestions, then they (the opposition) will see.
Speaking to media following his meeting with Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, the JUI-F said: “The stage for a positive reply has not yet arrived.”
“It is everyone’s country, when the ship sinks, we all sink.
“There is restlessness in the country and it is everyone’s responsibility to end this [restlessness].”
He claimed that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had itself admitted that 95 per cent of forms did not even have signatures and asked why the parliamentary commission had not been activated for a year.
“Imran Khan is not a bigger man than Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, if he had re-elections why can’t [Imran]?” the JUI-F asked, adding: “We don’t want to drag in the establishment.”
Elahi added that agreeing to continue dialogue is the only way an option will become available.
