{"id":50180,"date":"2024-01-20T08:45:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T08:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/a-politician-is-always-ready-for-dialogue-says-imran\/"},"modified":"2024-01-20T08:45:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T08:45:01","slug":"a-politician-is-always-ready-for-dialogue-says-imran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/a-politician-is-always-ready-for-dialogue-says-imran\/","title":{"rendered":"A politician is always ready for dialogue, says Imran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>\u2022 Claims Bajwa controlled PTI govt due to thin majority<br \/>\u2022 Lauds Azam Khan for \u2018speaking truth\u2019, insists cipher still with foreign ministry<\/p>\n<p>ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan on Friday hinted at his readiness for talks with other political parties, insisting that a politician is \u201calways ready to hold dialogue\u201d, but emphasised that the PTI would prefer to join the opposition instead of forming a \u201cweak government\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Talking to the journalists during the hearings of Toshakhana and \u00a3190 million corruption cases at Adiala Jail, Mr Khan claimed that his previous government was under the sway of former army chief retired Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa due to PTI\u2019s slim parliamentary majority in the parliament.<\/p>\n<p>However, Mr Khan was confident that his party would secure a sweeping victory in the upcoming elections and claimed that 90 per cent of armed forces personnel would vote for his party, which will contest without a unified election symbol.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1807096\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Mr Khan also acknowledged the existence of <em>khalai makhlooq<\/em> \u2014 celestial beings or aliens, a colloquial term that refers to intelligence officials, to criticise the military\u2019s alleged meddling in politics \u2014 and claimed that these forces were instigators behind the legal cases against him.<\/p>\n<p>He refuted any full-scale support from the establishment in prior elections, arguing that the PTI was a victim of rigging, having lost multiple seats with narrow margins. \u201cWe had been weakened by design (so that they) get hold of the government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Khan reminisced about Gen Bajwa\u2019s initial cordial behaviour after the 2018 election, claiming that the former army chief later \u201cstarted controlling us\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He regretted that the PTI should sit on the opposition benches instead of taking the helm after the 2018 elections. He said the party was ready to join the opposition if it failed to secure a majority in the next elections.<\/p>\n<p>On a question about military deployment at polling stations, Mr Khan said, \u201cPak army is our army, and 90pc of them will vote for the PTI.\u201d He also cited Gen Bajwa\u2019s comments on the PTI\u2019s popularity with the armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>On the possibility of dialogue with political parties, Mr Khan said a politician is \u201calways ready to hold dialogues\u201d, pointing out that \u201cI visited Iran to de-escalate tensions when I was the prime minister\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1788653\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The former premier said the country\u2019s economy could be revived only through a stable government, stressing that the recently formed Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) could not bring investment without political stability.<\/p>\n<p>He described the statement of his former principal secretary Azam Khan in the cipher case as \u201cfactual\u201d, emphasising that Mr Azam spoke the truth despite being detained for 40 days.<\/p>\n<p>He said Mr Azam said the National Security Committee decided to issue demarche to the United States because of that country\u2019s intervention in Pakistan\u2019s internal affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Khan claimed that the cipher was still with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and he received a rephrased version of the diplomatic cable. He also criticised the PML-N for \u201cbefooling people\u201d after \u201ccrippling the economy\u201d during their 16 months in power.<\/p>\n<p><em>Published in Dawn, January 20th, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 Claims Bajwa controlled PTI govt due to thin majority\u2022 Lauds Azam Khan for \u2018speaking truth\u2019, insists cipher still with foreign ministry ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan on Friday hinted at his readiness for talks with other political parties, insisting that a politician is \u201calways ready to hold dialogue\u201d, but emphasised that the PTI 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