Committee wants to give more time to protesters and govt: Sirajul Haq
Rehman Malik said committee's recommendations in line with constitution and parliament's aspirations
ISLAMABAD: (Dunya News) - Jamaat Islami (JI) head Sirajul Haq has said that there is consensus on many things between the government and protesters. “There are some problems as well”, he admitted. He said, “We don’t want the protesters to go empty handed”.
While holding a press conference along with Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) Senator Rehman Malik today (Thursday) after the meeting of Opposition Committee at the latter’s house, Sirajul Haq said that the committee wants to give a respectable exit to government and protesters both. He said, “Jirga cannot mediate like a court”. “It has been decided during the meeting at Rehman Malik’s residence to give both sides some more time”, he told.
Sirajul Haq said that a document has been prepared by the ‘Jirga’ and will share it with all three parties to this conflict i.e. government, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT). He said that the recommendations cannot be made public at the moment and the committee wanted to give some more time to the protesters and government to decide about the recommendations.
Speaking on this occasion to the media, Senator Rehman Malik said that all the recommendations made by the committee are in line with the constitution and the aspirations of the parliamentarians. He said that there is a way forward for all three sides in this document.
