PESHAWAR:
ANP chief Aimal Wali Khan has lambasted the judiciary for undoing its earlier verdict with regard to allocation of reserved seats to Imran Khan’s PTI, stating that the June 28 order of the Supreme Court is even more shameful than the alleged rigging that took place in Feb 8, 2024 general elections.
“The buying and selling on February 8 was shameful but the decision on the reserved seats is even more disgraceful,” Aimal said on Saturday.
“If you have already brought them [PTI lawmakers] in, then go ahead and give them the reserved seats too. You were not afraid back when you handed them 93 MPAs [in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly] because people in uniform managed each and every seat,” he claimed.
The ruling parties got another victory on the legal front as a constitutional bench (CB) of the SC on June 28 set aside the apex court’s July 12, 2024 judgement, which had resurrected the PTI as a parliamentary party and allowed it to get reserved seats in legislatures.
The order ended the chance for the PTI to enter parliament. It also affected the Senate election in the K-P Assembly, while also posing existential threat to the PTI government in the K-P.
The ANP president also rejected the prime minister’s committee formed for the former tribal districts. He said even the nominated chairman of the committee would not be acceptable.
“What would members brought in from Punjab know about Pashtun traditions?” he asked.
Aimal warned that if there is any backtracking on the 25th Constitutional Amendment then his party would take to the streets. “Even after sacrificing 18 lives, the state remains silent. This is not normal; it is a tragedy.”
He said there will also be no compromise on the 18th Amendment, which, according to him, was secured by his father, Asfandyar Wali Khan.
He lamented that helicopters that did not come for flood victims arrived to transport VIPs.
