Leaders of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) met in Lahore today to discuss ways to refrain PTI chief Imran Khan from holding anti-government ‘Azadi March’ on August 14 in Islamabad.
The meeting, held at JI leader Mian Aslam’s residence, was joined by PPP’s Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly, Syed Khurshid Shah, Qamar Zaman Kaira, JI chief Siraj-ul-Haq, Liaqat Baloch and Mian Aslam.
“We all agreed on supremacy of law and constitution. We have discussed Imran Khan’s march and will also contact other political forces to improve the situation. If God willing we will succeed,” said Shah while speaking to media persons after the meeting.
Shah said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s resignation, demanded by Imran Khan, “is not the solution to problems.”
Replying to a question regarding possibility of ‘hidden hands’ behind Khan’s campaign, Shah said “no such hands can interfere if politicians demonstrated unity within their ranks.”
“Whether be it PPP or Jamaat-e-Islami, we all are of the view that issue should not be exploited in such a way. This is unfortunate that we have forgot the past, let the system go on,” he said.
Siraj-ul-Haq said that his party was playing its role to deescalate the prevailing political tension.
