{"id":7017,"date":"2023-09-23T12:49:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T12:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/khursheed-shah-advises-pml-n-not-to-seek-action-against-bajwa-faiz\/"},"modified":"2023-09-23T12:49:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T12:49:17","slug":"khursheed-shah-advises-pml-n-not-to-seek-action-against-bajwa-faiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/khursheed-shah-advises-pml-n-not-to-seek-action-against-bajwa-faiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Khursheed Shah advises PML-N not to seek action against Bajwa, Faiz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>PPP leader Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah has advised the PML-N against seeking action against former army chief Gen (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa and ex-spymaster retired Lt-Gen Faiz Hamid and not to engage in such confrontations.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks from the senior PPP leader come in the backdrop of PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif\u2019s recent hard-hitting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1776664\">statement<\/a>, in which he held the two officials responsible for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1348191\">removal from power<\/a> in 2017 and the country\u2019s ongoing crises.<\/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\/1348191\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201c(Former) chief justices Saqib Nisar and Asif Saeed Khosa were tools [of the former army chief and his spy chief]. Their crime is bigger than a murder offence. Giving them pardon will be an injustice to the nation. They don\u2019t deserve pardon,\u201d Nawaz said, vowing to hold them accountable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese \u2018characters\u2019 who unleashed economic misery on the people of Pakistan will have to face accountability,\u201d he added while delivering an address via a video link from London earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, PML-N leader Rana Sanaullah <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1777248\/pml-n-voted-for-extension-in-return-for-help-with-imran-problem-rana-sanaullah\">assailed<\/a> former generals Bajwa and Hamid earlier this week, declaring them \u201cnational criminals\u201d and demanding action against them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way the PML-N brought Gen Pervez Musharraf to justice, it will do the same to [both men],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sanaullah sought \u201cstrict accountability\u201d of former generals and judges, saying that it was a policy statement on behalf of the party.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on <em>DawnNewsTV<\/em> show \u2018<em>Doosra Rukh<\/em>\u2019 on Friday, Khursheed Shah was asked about Nawaz\u2019s statement, to which he said the materialisation of the PML-N\u2019s plan of going after the two former military leaders seemed \u201cvery difficult\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid anyone touch the man who was sentenced under Article 6 of the Constitution? He was later hospitalised, and subsequently transferred to Dubai,\u201d Shah remarked, referring to late military dictator Musharraf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s refrain from engaging in such conflicts,\u201d he advised the PML-N, further noting that \u201cpoliticians often find themselves entangled in such situations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed the need to direct attention towards guaranteeing fair elections, managing increasing inflation, adhering to the Charter of Democracy and establishing good governance traditions.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed the PPP\u2019s ongoing interest in cooperation and institution-building, emphasising that all institutions upheld the primacy of parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should refrain from emotionalism or resorting to political invective,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He also claimed that the PPP had faced \u201csignificant pressure\u201d to join the erstwhile ruling coalition led by the Pakistan Democratic Movement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInitially, we proposed that we would vote [in favour of the no-confidence motion against ex-PM Imran Khan] but won\u2019t join the government thereafter. But we were told [by the then-opposition] that if we won\u2019t become part of the government, they wouldn\u2019t proceed with the vote of no-confidence,\u201d he said.<\/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\/1777037\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>On the PPP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1775477\">demanding a level playing field<\/a> in elections from the PML-N, Shah maintained that some of those associated with Nawaz\u2019s party were part of the incumbent caretaker government. \u201cThat is why we made this demand on them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also said it seemed the \u201cactual prime minister\u201d was the Establishment Division\u2019s secretary, not caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar. \u201cThe one who runs the Establishment Division, he is the prime minister\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether the impression was right that the announcement of Kakar\u2019s appointment as the interim PM was made after then-PM Shehbaz and former opposition leader Raja Riaz were \u201chanded chits\u201d with the caretaker premier\u2019s name written on it, he replied in the affirmative.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PPP leader Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah has advised the PML-N against seeking action against former army chief Gen (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa and ex-spymaster retired Lt-Gen Faiz Hamid and not to engage in such confrontations. The remarks from the senior PPP leader come in the backdrop of PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif\u2019s recent hard-hitting statement, in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2023\/09\/23153755166d44e.jpg?r=153824","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}