Pakistan
TTAP chief calls for four-month national government to hold transparent elections
Tehreek Tahaffuz-e-Aiyeen Pakistan (TTAP) chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai has proposed the formation of a four-month national government to conduct transparent elections, after which power should be transferred to the winning party.
Speaking to media after meeting Qaumi Awami Tehreek chief Ayaz Latif Palijo at his residence in Hyderabad on Saturday, Achakzai said the current rulers lack the capacity to govern and called for a three-day roundtable conference involving all stakeholders to put the country back on track.
Former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser and Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen leader Allama Raja Nasir Abbas were also present during the meeting.
Achakzai proposed that the national government should comprise five major political parties. He said the TTAP was formed to resist attacks on the Constitution, adding that the concerns raised by the opposition had proven to be correct.
The TTAP chief, who also heads the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, said Pakistan could move forward only if parliamentary supremacy was ensured and all nationalities and provinces were given their due rights. Referring to Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, he said there was a need for a movement to remove “counterfeit coins” from the system.
He maintained that Pakistan is a federation and can function smoothly only when all nationalities are given equal rights and a fair share in power.
Earlier, Ayaz Latif Palijo thanked the delegation for visiting Hyderabad and said his party had been part of past democratic alliances. He said the current alliance aims to restore democracy through political struggle. Palijo criticised the 26th Constitutional Amendment, alleged restrictions on courts and termed the Peca Act a curtailment of press freedom, adding that Sindh’s share in the NFC and other budgets had been reduced.
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Allama Raja Nasir Abbas said that during crises it is always the common people who suffer. He alleged that innocent people, including women leaders, were in jail, while the most popular political leader of the country was imprisoned in what he called false cases. He demanded immediate elections, restoration of the Constitution and formation of a democratic government.
Asad Qaiser said the country was being run in violation of law and constitutional norms and alleged that institutions had been compromised. He criticised the Sindh government over poor infrastructure, lack of clean drinking water and deteriorating roads, and claimed the public mandate had been taken away through Form-47. He called on people to support protests and a strike on February 8.
The leaders agreed that restoration of true democracy and constitutional rule had become inevitable for the country’s survival. A TTAP delegation later attended events in Sann to mark the 122nd birth anniversary of GM Syed and appealed to participants to support the February 8 strike.
