Imran Khan
Achakzai demands access to prisoners, empowered parliament
“The same is happening today with the PML-N and PPP in government,” Achakzai said, according to Dawn. He said opposition parties were in contact and that a multi-party conference would be convened soon. Achakzai was accompanied by Tehreek-i-Tahafuz-Ayin-i-Pakistan (TTAP) leaders Sardar Akhtar Mengal and Allama Raja Nasir Abbas. He argued that political disputes could not be resolved without strengthening parliament. He also expressed concern over the whereabouts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s chief minister and other lawmakers, demanding that the authorities disclose the chief minister’s location. Mengal, who accompanied Achakzai, criticised the government’s actions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and questioned the imposition of governor’s rule on grounds of terrorism. He also alleged that elected representatives had been displaced and questioned the legitimacy of the political system.
Opposition challenges governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The petitioners asked the court to declare the October 11 proclamation, issued under Articles 232(1) and 234 of Pakistan’s Constitution, unconstitutional and without lawful authority, according to Dawn.
He also said resigning from the assemblies remained an option, adding that the opposition had submitted its demands in response to an offer of negotiations. They argued that the constitutional conditions required for imposing the measures had not been met or that the government had exceeded its powers. The petition also challenged the purported transfer of the provincial assembly’s legislative powers to parliament, the displacement of the elected chief minister and provincial cabinet, and the establishment of the proposed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Advisory Council and Area Development Secretariat.
Pakistan opposition leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai has claimed that jailed former prime minister Imran Khan is being pressured into an agreement similar to arrangements that led former premiers Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto into exile, according to a report by Dawnpublished on Saturday.