In an effort to bring the opposing parties Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) to a compromise on the schedule of the impending general elections, Jamaat-e-Islami has planned to organize an All-Party Conference (APC) after Eid-ul Fitr.
“Consultation process of the political parties over elections will be given practical shape after Eid ul Fitr,” according to media reports.
Sources privy to the development said that the JI has decided to invite Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan to the conference, and for that, the parties have been contacted.
“The PPP, PTI and the PML-N will be invited to the APC”. “All political parties in the parliament will be included in the consultation process and JI will host the moot,” JI sources said.
General elections will be the main topic of discussion at the next All-Party Conference (APC), which will try to persuade the government to hold them after May in agreement with the PTI that the elections would take place before October.
On Saturday, Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Siraj-ul-Haq has met with arch-rivals Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and opposition leader Imran Khan as political polarization reached its peak in country over holding of elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Siraj led negotiation settlement efforts between rainbow coalition of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and urged both parties to sit on the negotiation table.
جماعت اسلامی کے وفد کی چئیرمین پاکستان تحریک انصاف @ImranKhanPTI سے ملاقات. جماعت اسلامی کے وفد میں سراج الحق صاحب بھی شامل-
pic.twitter.com/KhwA1MsZ7n— PTI (@PTIofficial) April 15, 2023
Haq’s efforts have been appreciated and he has been assured of full cooperation from both PM Shehbaz and Imran, who both agree that elections are needed to resolve the country’s economic, political, and constitutional crises.
ملاقات میں وفاقی وزیر برائے اکنامک افیئرز ڈویژن سردار آیاز صادق اور وفاقی وزیر برائے ریلوے و ہوا بازی خواجہ سعد رفیق بھی شامل تھے۔ pic.twitter.com/fpi6f8kM4p
— President PMLN (@president_pmln) April 15, 2023
Meanwhile, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday formed a three-member committee to engage in dialogue over the ongoing political crisis in the country.
PTI leaders Pervaiz Khattak, Ejaz Chaudhry, and Mian Mehmood ur Rasheed will hold a dialogue with Jamaat-e-Islami to pave a way forward on the issue, according to a statement posted on the party’s official Twitter handle.
