{"id":59362,"date":"2024-02-12T22:26:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T22:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pti-to-join-hands-with-another-to-get-reserved-seats\/"},"modified":"2024-02-12T22:26:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T22:26:05","slug":"pti-to-join-hands-with-another-to-get-reserved-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pti-to-join-hands-with-another-to-get-reserved-seats\/","title":{"rendered":"PTI to join hands with \u2018another\u2019 to get reserved seats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>\u2022 Barrister Gohar says firm no to power-sharing talks with PML-N or PPP, claims they would prefer to sit in opposition<br \/>\u2022 Asserts that release of political prisoners, recognition of PTI\u2019s mandate only \u2018healing touch\u2019 powers that be can offer<br \/>\u2022 Party demands resignation of CEC, ECP members for \u2018facilitating poll fraud\u2019<\/p>\n<p>ISLAMABAD: Reali\u00adsing that the lack of reserved seats would severely dent their chances of forming a government in the national and provincial assemblies, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has decided, in principle, to ally or merge with another political party to claim this benefit.<\/p>\n<p>This was revealed by PTI leader Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Sunday. Speaking to <em>DawnNews<\/em>, the PTI leader said that while they were exploring options in this regard, the party would definitely not be reaching out to either the PML-N or PPP for a possible alliance.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  w-full  w-full  media--stretch  media--embed  \">\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Barrister Gohar Reveals PTI&#039;s Game Plan And Options | Dawn News\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SVCYZtp-gaE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Speaking on the <em>Doosra Rukh<\/em> show, he said: \u201cWe don\u2019t feel comfortable with both of them. There will be no talks with anyone to make a government or to make a government together with them. It is better to sit in the opposition than to make a government [with them], but we think we have the majority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated that if its mandate was not accepted, the party would form a strong opposition.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of reserved seats would definitely be a roadblock for the PTI in its attempts to claim a majority to form a government in any assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Even though it may have the highest number of directly elected members in the assembly, their status as independents means they do not qualify for the reserved seats for minorities and women that are allotted to the parties on the basis of lists provided to the ECP before the general elections.<\/p>\n<p>After writing off the PML-N and PPP \u2014 the largest parties in the Centre and the provinces \u2014 the PTI may look to pursue a partnership with one of the others in the electoral mix.<\/p>\n<p>One option would be the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), which has three members in the KP assembly. The two already have some experience of working together as allies in the KP government when the two formed a ruling coalition in 2013. However, that partnership was formally dissolved towards the tail-end of the provincial government\u2019s tenure in May 2018.<\/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\/1812851\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Another option that had been floated earlier was a possible alliance with the Majils-i-Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM), one of the parties that have been in PTI\u2019s camp for quite some time. However, it appears that MWM hasn\u2019t submitted a list of minority candidates, while it could not be confirmed whether they had submitted a list of women candidates or not.<\/p>\n<p><strong>People reject turncoats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Barrister Gohar Khan cal\u00adled out all those politicians who switched loyalties in the past, saying that they had been rejected outright by the people in the Feb 8 elections, <em>Dawn.com<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <em>Geo News<\/em>, he said the party is looking into the matter of the PTI-backed independent Waseem Qadir joining the PML-N.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  w-full  w-full  media--stretch  media--embed  \">\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Which party is PTI going to join? - Barrister Gohar Khan big revelations - Geo News\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/enRkEO3AW1k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe rest of the independent candidates are in touch with us and will stay with us only,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n<p>Barrister Gohar also clarified that the party had not asked the winning independent candidates to take an oath or resign from their seats in an effort to prevent them from switching their loyalties.<\/p>\n<p>He said that party founder Imran Khan has given instructions to form governments in the Centre, KP and Punjab. \u201cWe will not remain outside or sit outside the assemblies. We have to sit in parliament and find solutions to all problems there,\u201d he said, ostensibly a veiled reference to the party\u2019s 2014 sit-in outside parliament, as well as their decision to dissolve the KP and Punjab assemblies in 2023 to force snap polls.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Healing touch\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Separately, Barrister Gohar emphasised that the release of political prisoners and acceptance of PTI\u2019s mandate to rule are the only \u201chealing touch\u201d that the establishment could offer post-elections.<\/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\/1813201\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>His remarks came after Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir said on Saturday that the nation needs \u201cstable hands and a healing touch to move on from the politics of anarchy and polarisation\u201d. In an interview with <em>Arab News<\/em>, Barrister Gohar said, \u201cHealing touch would mean that you [army] got to make sure that there are no political prisoners anymore in Pakistan. \u201c[PTI] mandate has to be respected. Short of it there can be no \u2018healing touch\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnited government means that every party should be united in one thing, which is that you have to respect and regard people\u2019s mandate first,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people have spoken [through the vote], and for the first time, they have spoken in a very tough situation [amid a crackdown against PTI].\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Protests and demands for resignation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the party\u2019s workers and supporters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1813441\/protests-across-country-against-alleged-election-rigging-escalate\">continued protests<\/a> against alleged rigging in front of offices of returning officers around the country, the party called on the CEC and ECP members to resign, alleging that they had failed to hold free and fair elections on Feb 8, instead served as facilitators in poll \u201cfraud\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He alleged that results were tampered with to convert PTI\u2019s overwhelming majority into a minority and to impose \u201cPDM-2\u201d on the nation once again.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the PTI spokesperson demanded the resignation of the CEC and ECP members, alleging that they worked as the main facilitators in the daylight robbery on the public mandate.  He said the CEC and members of the ECP did not have any right or moral justification to stay in their positions any longer since they completely failed in performing their constitutional and legal duties, showing no regard or respect for the constitution and law.<\/p>\n<p><em>Published in Dawn, February 12th, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 Barrister Gohar says firm no to power-sharing talks with PML-N or PPP, claims they would prefer to sit in opposition\u2022 Asserts that release of political prisoners, recognition of PTI\u2019s mandate only \u2018healing touch\u2019 powers that be can offer\u2022 Party demands resignation of CEC, ECP members for \u2018facilitating poll fraud\u2019 ISLAMABAD: Reali\u00adsing that the lack 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