No dialogue with opposition can be done by putting ‘gun to our heads’: Bilawal
Backing Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) President Maulana Fazlur Rehman`s stance on talks with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan over the election date, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday stated that dialogues can’t be held with the competition via way of means of placing a gun to their heads.
Addressing a press conference, the overseas minister stated that a conspiracy is being hatched to impose a “one unit policy” withinside the country. Earlier today, Fazl rejected the opportunity of retaining negotiations with the PTI regardless of the directives issued via way of means of the Supreme Court an afternoon earlier. The PDM president made the assertion moments after the 4pm cut-off date set via way of means of the pinnacle courtroom docket ended today.
Earlier withinside the day, the Supreme Court directed the embattled ruling and the competition political events to straight away thrash out a consensus at the date of elections and replace the bench listening to via way of means of 4pm.
The directives got here after the PPP and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) confident the pinnacle courtroom docket that they could take a seat down with the PTI and try and discover a answer at the election date.
PPP`s Farooq H Naek and PML-N`s Khawaja Saad Rafique confident the three-member bench of the Supreme Court headed via way of means of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial of retaining talks with the competition birthday birthday celebration. The identical guarantee became made via way of means of PTI`s Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
`Contact has been made with PTI`
Contrary to the PPP chairman`s stance over the issue, the birthday birthday celebration`s attorney and senior chief Farooq H Naek instructed newshounds outdoor the Supreme Court that he has apprised the leader justice that his birthday birthday celebration had contacted the PTI over the matter. “More contacts can be made after Eid ul Fitr,” he added
He additionally stated that every one the political events desired that elections must be hung on the identical date throughout the country. “In its order, the Supreme Court has set May 14 because the date for the overall elections in Punjab,” Naek stated, including that the pinnacle courtroom docket became of the view that the brand new date can`t accept till consensus is reached via way of means of all of the political events. “We need to remedy all of the topics via talks.”