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Condemning PTI confrontational policy, Ghulam Sarwar parts ways with party

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  • Sarwar says attacks on installations tantamount to anti-state acts.
  • “All those involved in crimes should be given exemplary punishment.”
  • Slams PTI for adopting policy of confrontation with institutions.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader and former aviation minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan became the latest leader to part ways with the party over May 9 violent protests, saying he “strongly condemned the policy of confrontation with the state institutions”.

In a video statement on Thursday, the ex-federal minister also demanded punishment for rioters who attacked defence and public installations across the country following PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s arrest in the Al-Qadir trust case last month.

“Pakistan’s forces have rendered sacrifices for the survival and protection of the country,” he said, adding that attacks on martyrs’ monuments, the General Headquarters (GHQ) and other sensitive installations were tantamount to anti-state acts.

Referring to the attacks on the GHQ and Lahoore’s Jinnah House, the minister said the protesters attacked the “heart of Pakistan”.

“I condemn all those unholy actions… all those involved in such crimes should be given exemplary punishment,” he added.

Moreover, Sarwar also hit out at his party saying that he strongly condemned the policy of confrontation with the institutions.

“I disagreed with the confrontational policy at every forum of the party. We should not fight with institutions,” he remarked.

His statement emerged on social media a day after he was arrested from Islamabad over his alleged involvement in the May 9 protests, police sources said on Wednesday.

A large number of workers and supporters of PTI staged almost countrywide demonstrations on May 9 — when the PTI chairman was arrested by paramilitary troops on the directions of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in connection with the alleged Al-Qadir Trust corruption case.

The demonstrators destroyed public and private properties and ransacked relics of martyrs.

Following the violent protests, dozens of party leaders and lawmakers including Fawad Chaudhry, Imran Ismail, Shireen Mazari, Ali Zaidi, Aamir Mehmood Kiani and others have parted with the party over the violent protests.

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“May 9 Part 2 Thwarted”: Maryam Aurangzeb, PTI’s Rented Miscreants, Did Not Sabotage the System

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PTI killed rangers and police officers in Islamabad and brought leased criminals under a well-thought-out plot, according to Senior Provincial Minister Punjab Marriyum Aurangzeb.

She claimed that this is the second time the PTI has visited D-Chowk to undermine the system in an interview with the Lahore media.

The assassination of the security men, she claimed, was the fault of Bushra Bibi, the founder of the PTI, and Chief Minister Khyber Pakhunkhwa Ali Amin Gandapur.

Marriyum Aurangzeb claimed that during the past three days, the country has witnessed the true nature of the PTI, with its miscreants setting fire to a number of Islamabad installations before escaping in their bulletproof vehicles.

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In Murree, Nawaz Sharif meets with President Lukashenko of Belarus.

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Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, met with Supremo Nawaz Sharif, the leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), in Murree on Wednesday.

When Nawaz Sharif arrived, President Lukashenko welcomed him with wide arms and gave him a warm embrace.

Along with Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, the former prime minister of Pakistan extended a hearty welcome to his Belarusian counterpart.

Throughout their conversation, President Lukashenko said he was delighted to finally meet his “esteemed brother.”

The leaders of Pakistan and Belarus strengthened their blossoming diplomatic ties by exchanging pleasantries.

When the Belarusian president arrived in Murree, Nawaz Sharif threw a special luncheon in his honor.

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The public rejects repeated calls for protests and sit-ins because PTI wants to disrupt daily life. Ahsan

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The public rejected the elements continually calling for protests and sit-ins, according to Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, and the PTI’s performance today will also fail.

Speaking at a news conference in Lahore, the planning minister stated that the government is responsible for protecting people and property, and that the necessary precautions have been taken in this regard.

Because of its effective economic policies, Pakistan is on the path to prosperity and development, according to Ahsan Iqbal. He stated that a five-year strategy for economic advancement will be unveiled shortly by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

But the demonstrators have a sinister plan to sabotage this advancement for their own ends, he claimed.

PTI intends to disrupt everyday life and restore law and order in the nation, he claimed. However, he stressed, the law will not be taken into one’s own hands, and those who break it would face harsh consequences.

The PTI founder has been sentenced by the courts, according to Ahsan Iqbal, and his release can only occur legally—not through a sit-in or protest. According to him, the PTI founder will need to use the legal system to cleanse his name in every case.

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