Achi news desk-
- PTI’s Asad Qaiser makes a phone call to Liaquat Baloch JI.
- PTI and JI agree to continue consultations, contacts with each other.
- Baloch praises the effort of PTI workers for democracy in the country.
The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Saturday agreed to move forward by removing “misunderstandings” between the two political parties.
The development came during a telephone conversation between JI leader Liaquat Baloch and PTI’s Asad Qaiser, a JI spokesperson said in a statement.
During his call to Baloch, Qaiser said: “[We] want to move forward by removing the misunderstanding.”
The differences between the two former allies further worsened after PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan claimed that they had approached the JI following the February 8 general elections, but the party backed out of holding talks with the PTI under “ pressure”.
After the polls, the winning PTI-backed independent candidates want to join hands with other parties in a bid to get reserved seats. However, the JI had rejected the PTI’s offer to form a coalition government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
However, Gohar claimed that the JI was “under pressure” not to talk to PTI on the issue at hand and that the party leadership was avoiding meetings with him.
The PTI leader’s comments during his appearance came forward News Geo program ‘Capital Talk’ in which he said that the JI leaders were not present in a meeting that was decided to take place between him, Liaquat Baloch, and the other leaders of the two parties.
However, in a video released by JI on March 29, Baloch said: “There was no pressure on us and JI does not take decisions under pressure.”
On the PTI’s proposal to form a coalition government only in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the JI veteran asserted that his party’s central majlis-e-shura considered it right to welcome whatever decision the PTI took, as there was division among its leaders on issues.
The politician added that JI unconditionally wants to facilitate PTI across the country and that the party would again hold consultations on the new proposal shared by PTI.
Despite Gohar’s claim, the senior politician has shared his willingness to continue meeting the PTI chief. “Insha’Allah, I would meet Barrister Gohar myself and we want the contact between the opposition parties to increase.”
He added that there is no room for any misunderstanding among the opposition parties, which could benefit the “establishment and anti-Opposition” powers.
Following the new telephone conversation today, however, both sides agreed to continue consultations and contacts in the context of the general political scenario in the country.
“Confusion arose over ties in the past,” Qaiser told Baloch.
While the JI leader praised the PTI workers’ struggle for democracy and said: “Jamaat-e-Islami is fighting for the rule of law and the Constitution in the country.”
He underlined the need to eliminate political differences and make joint efforts for political and economic stability in the country.
