report in The Express Tribune, Nov 5, 2023
ISLAMABAD:
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has expressed misgivings about what it termed a “nexus” between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the interim government.
In a statement on Saturday, PPP Secretary General Syed Nayyer Husain Bukhari sounded the alarm over the affiliation of caretaker federal ministers – Ahad Cheema and Fawad Hasan Fawad –with Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif.
He further suggested the governor of Punjab’s links with the PML-N.
Bukhari emphasised that the onus falls on the establishment, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), and interim governments to ensure the execution of fair elections.
“The interim government and ECP must demonstrate an unbiased stance and conduct,” he asserted. He stressed that political and economic stability hinged on transparent and free elections.
He stated negotiations were open to all parties registered under the ECP, but ruled out the possibility of dialogues with those deemed incompetent or viewed as threats to the state.
“PPP fosters reconciliation and alliance with political rivals for the greater good of the constitution and democracy,” the PPP leader stated.
Furthermore, Bukhari called into question the role of PML-N leader and Senator Ishaq Dar as leader of the house.
He highlighted that the Senate leader typically symbolises the prime minister in the upper house, questioning the absence of an independent Senate member’s appointment as the leader of the Senate by the caretaker government.
It may be noted here that Bukhari’s remarks supporting the party’s alliance strategy with political adversaries come just a day after an invitation was extended to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf by the PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari.
Bhutto invited PTI to join the Charter of Democracy (CoD), an agreement penned by two main parties, aimed at eliminating the solicitation of military assistance as a means to seize power or upset a democratically elected government.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2444702/ppp-sounds-alarms-over-caretakers-pml-n-nexus
