ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi on Wednesday made a passionate appeal to all the stakeholders to negotiate a solution to the simmering imbroglio, advising against labelling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf as “anti-Pakistan or traitor”.
The president, in his opinion piece published today, wrote in detail about the country’s chequered political history and his life experiences dating back to pre-partition India.
President Arif Alvi — who is also the founding member of Imran Khan-led PTI — has been making efforts to bring the stakeholders to the negotiating table to bring down the political temperature in the country.
The opinion piece can be seen in the backdrop of calls for banning PTI due to its involvement in the May 09 vandalism of sensitive structures.
The party is believed to be involved in planning, abetting, and executing protests targeting government and military installations in violent protests following Imran Khan’s arrest in a corruption case last week.
The Pakistani military has also run out of patience and vowed to bring all those involved in the incident to justice through Pakistan Army Act, 1952.
“Where do we go from here? I urge everybody to take a deep breath. I will stick my neck out as I have learnt from experience and history both, and state that no political party today has ever been anti-Pakistan or that it comprises of traitors,” he wrote.
