ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has reacted on the appointment of Army Chief General Asim Munir, expecting hopes that the institution would stay out of politics of domestic affairs and that the rights of political parties would not be infringed.
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In a statement released by party’s media department after the appointment process of the new Army Chief was completed the other day, PTI said since the Presidential decree regarding appointment of COAS was open in public, party’s stance was clear that it was ready to take measures in the best interest of the nation’s security and stability of the state institutions.
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اعلامیہ
24 نومبر 2022فوج کے نئے سربراہ کی تقرری کے ضمن میں صدر مملکت کا اعلامیہ سامنے آ چکا ہے،تحریک انصاف کا مؤقف واضع ہے کہ ہم ملک کی سلامتی اور اداروں کے استحکام کیلئے ہر قدم اٹھانے کو تیار ہیں۔
— PTI (@PTIofficial) November 24, 2022
The statement said “we hope that the new leadership of the armed forces will play its role so constitutional rights and democracy in the country are strengthened and people’s rights to elect a new leadership through fresh elections would be recognised.”
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It said the party and the general public expected armed forces, while dealing with any array of external threats, would stay out of politics of domestic affairs and that the rights of political parties would not be infringed.
The PTI statement said “human rights in Pakistan have been grossly violated, journalists and media continue to be subjected to torture and harassment; and Arshad Sharif, one of the leading journalists in the country, had been assassinated. The imported government and the state were in pursuit of pushing the leader of the largest political party against the wall. Their attempts had plunged Pakistan into the worst form of political instability that has essentially sent the economy into a tailspin.”
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“Free, fair and transparent early elections are the only solution to the prevailing crisis in the country and we believe that all individuals as well as institutions who feel the pain of the nation, must play their role in ensuring this democratic future,” the statement said, adding that The events of the last eight months have clearly created a deep divide in the country, it noted and said the steps taken in these eight months severely damaged the country and institutions, and Pakistan witnessed the worst human rights violations.
