PTI decides to
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Imran Khan rules out talks with PML-N, PPP, MQM-P

ISLAMABAD: The PTI has decided to form a coalition in Centre and Punjab with the Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen (MWM) as per the instructions of party founder Imran Khan, the party’s Central Information Secretary Raoof Hasan announced on Tuesday.

Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Hasan relayed decisions that Imran, who is incarcerated in Adiala Jail over a variety of cases, made regarding the party’s course of action for government formation.

“We are going towards the formation of a government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. We are also going to double our efforts for a government in the Centre and we will also look at what to do about the Punjab government.

ISLAMABAD: PTI Central Information Secretary Raoof Hasan addresses a press conference in Islamabad on Tuesday.
ISLAMABAD: PTI Central Information Secretary Raoof Hasan addresses a press conference in Islamabad on Tuesday.

“He (Imran) has approved [of a coalition] with two parties. We will form a coalition with the MWM in the Centre and Punjab and a coalition with the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) in KP for the reserved seats. These are his decisions and we will implement them, we have already begun work on them.”

Hasan said the PTI founder also sanctioned the name of the party’s KP president Ali Amin Gandapur to make the government in the province where the party has a three-fourth majority.

“He has also said that we have to continue our political struggle. He has singled out three parties — PML-N, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan and PPP — but apart from them he has given me the mandate to initiate contact with all other political parties and sit down with them so we give birth to a coalition partnership which will struggle for democratic authority, not just authority.”

Allama Raja Nasir
Allama Raja Nasir

Hasan said that Amir Dogar was also reappointed as the party’s chief whip in the National Assembly (NA).
He said Imran also issued instructions for intra-party elections to be held as soon as possible, adding that he would try to carry out the task as soon as possible since he was responsible for it.
“As per our estimates, around 180 seats were PTI’s in the NA but whatever has come after reducing them is before you. The first precondition according to him (Imran) is that a government be allowed to form according to the mandate the nation has given and be allowed to continue because only this would make it possible to increase confidence and investment of overseas Pakistanis.”
The spokesperson claimed that around 65 seats were “stolen” from the party, demanding that they should be returned promptly.

“He (Imran) said that the power wielders at this time should think and take heed about what they’re doing. His message was that whoever has won the election has the right to form the government and should be given the right to do so,” Hasan added.

Allama Raja Nasir

MWM chief Allama Raja Nasir Abbas welcomed his party’s alliance with the PTI, saying that his party stood by Imran since the events of ‘regime change’ in April 2022 and would continue to do so “till the last drop of our blood”. “We want unity in Pakistan and desires to see this country progress,” Allama Abbas said..

Abbas said his party had no greed or made any demands from the PTI. “We have a principled stand that what happened [with the PTI] was wrong.”

The MWM chief regretted laws were enacted recently to suppress the PTI, adding that promoting certain political parties through an agenda should not happen in a democratic culture. “I hope sanity prevails now. We have told Imran that we are with him on his principles until the last drop of our blood,” he told the TV channel.

He separately said in a post on X that the MWM was Imran’s own party and “he can decide whatever he wants regarding this party, we will accept it unconditionally and willingly.”

JI yet to give final answer

Meanwhile, JI Central Information Secretary Qaisar Sharif told Geo News that the two parties held talks soon after the elections and the JI had given an unconditional “positive response” to the PTI of “providing protection” to its independent candidates.

The JI representative said the PTI’s proposal for a coalition government in KP was discussed in a meeting in Islamabad today, adding that the JI did not give a final answer on the matter as of yet. However, he said, the JI will hold consultations and give a reply to the PTI.

Imran Khan’s message from jail

From Adiala jail, Imran Khan has warned against misadventure of forming govt with ‘stolen votes’ In a message from jail through his family, PTI founder Imran Khan thanked the people of Pakistan for “entrusting the PTI with a resounding two-thirds majority”.

He commended the PTI’s social media and also appreciated polling agents for securing Form-45 “in the face of harassment and threats”.

“As the people of Pakistan have clearly pronounced their verdict, there is a dire need for democracy and fairness in Pakistan’s elections. I warn against the misadventure of forming a government with stolen votes. Such daylight robbery will not only be a disrespect to the citizens, but will also push the country’s economy further into a downward spiral,” Imran said.

“PTI will never compromise on people’s will, and I have categorically instructed my party against engaging with any political party that has robbed people’s mandate, including PPP, PMLN & MQM,” he added.

PTI to ally with Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen in Punjab and Centre, with Jamaat-i-Islami in KP

Imran Khan on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of talks with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Pakistan People’s Party and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan for the formation of the government.

Imran Khan whose party secured 84 seats in the KP assembly is in a position to form the government. In the National Assembly, PTI-backed candidates emerged as the largest group with over 92 seats followed by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) which won 75 seats.

The PTI founder in his informal media talk in Adiala Jail, where he is incarcerated in Toshakhana, Cipher and illegal nikah case said his party will not negotiate with PML-N, PPP and MQM-P for the formation of government, however, said that he had directed his party leaders to hold talks with other parties except these three.

He ruled out meeting with any government official in jail and said he is not shifting to Bani Gala. He claimed PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz lost the elections. “We knew about PTI’s victory in polls after Nawaz Sharif cancelled his press conference.”

He said that the general elections, which were held on February 8, will bring economic stability to the country. He added that his party will move to the Supreme Court against alleged rigging.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) claimed that upon directions of its founder Imran Khan, will join hands with Majlis-e-Wahdat-Muslimeen (MWM) to form its governments in Centre and Punjab.

Speaking to the media in Islamabad on Tuesday, PTI spokesperson Raoof Hasan said that the former prime minister has directed the party to form a coalition with Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) over reserved seats.

The PTI’s decision to join hands with the MWM — which has only secured one National Assembly seat — comes as its sponsored candidates, who have won 116 provincial assembly seats in Punjab, will have 72 hours to join a party once the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) notifies their win.