ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Qaiser said they plan to hit the streets to start a movement against the “stealing” of their mandate by their opponents in the February 8 elections.
“We will unite all political forces and launch a movement within the framework of the law and the constitution,” Qaiser said while addressing the media in Islamabad on Tuesday.
The PTI leader said that they plan to take to the streets in all provinces to get their demands met, adding that they will take away their rights. “Our movement will continue and unite all political forces,” he said, adding that they would form an alliance.
The former speaker of the National Assembly said they would protest peacefully as they did not believe in the “fake government” led by Shehbaz Sharif.
Pakistan held the biggest election in its history earlier this month, which was extraordinary in many ways. However, the results of the polls did not go as expected by political actors, as none of them won a simple majority.
Subsequently, many parties, PTI, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), rejected the general election, claiming it was rigged.
More than 90 PTI-backed independent candidates won the elections and later joined the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) to claim seats reserved for women candidates and minorities.
The party held protests across the country on Saturday last week, during which the police detained several party workers. The party founded by Imran Khan is also protesting in the National Assembly during the election of the Prime Minister.
Speaking about his party’s mandate, Qaiser said it was stolen and claimed that the results on Form 45 and Form 47 contradict each other.
“We will not back down because our war is not for our politics, but for the nation,” the politician said.
He said their 180 constituencies and reserved seats for women were taken away from them.
“Our first demand is that all institutions remain within their limits according to the constitution,” Qaiser said, adding that their fight is to free the judiciary.
“The judiciary should take independent decisions instead of coming under pressure,” he said, fearing that there could be a rebellion in the country.
Talking about the events of May 9, Qaiser said that they have always condemned these events and a judicial commission should be formed for it.
He questioned how a “fake” prime minister could lead the country out of crises and demanded that the country be governed by law and the constitution.
