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  • پی ٹی آئی بانی 28ویں ترمیم پر براہ راست مذاکرات چاہتے ہیں

    پی ٹی آئی بانی 28ویں ترمیم پر براہ راست مذاکرات چاہتے ہیں

    اسلام آباد — پاکستان تحریک انصاف کے سیکرٹری جنرل سلمان اکرم راجہ نے کہا ہے کہ بانی پی ٹی آئی عمران خان نے اپنے وکیل سلمان صفدر کے ذریعے پیغام دیا ہے کہ 28ویں آئینی ترمیم یا کسی بھی دوسرے معاملے پر بات کرنے کا خواہش مند کوئی بھی شخص ان سے براہ راست بات کرے۔

    دنیا نیوز کے پروگرام “ٹونائٹ ود ثمر عباس” میں گفتگو کرتے ہوئے راجہ نے سوال اٹھایا کہ جب کسی اور شخص سے تین گھنٹے کی ملاقات ہو سکتی ہے تو فیصلہ ساز بانی پی ٹی آئی سے براہ راست رابطہ کیوں نہیں کر رہے۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ صوبوں کے بارے میں بات چیت جاری ہے، لیکن بانی پی ٹی آئی سے مشاورت کے بغیر کوئی پیش رفت نہیں ہو سکتی، اور آئینی تبدیلیوں پر کوئی بھی بات چیت ان کی شمولیت کے بغیر آگے نہیں بڑھ سکتی۔

    راجہ نے یہ بھی بتایا کہ مجوزہ آئینی ترمیم کا متن ابھی تک منظر عام پر نہیں آیا۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ نئے صوبوں کے قیام پر بھی عمران خان سے بات ہونی چاہیے، اور پی ٹی آئی کو ملک کی سب سے بڑی نمائندہ سیاسی جماعت قرار دیتے ہوئے کہا کہ آگے بڑھنے سے قبل بانی سے مشاورت ضروری ہے۔

    راجہ کے مطابق عمران خان اپنے اصولوں کے خلاف کسی بھی چیز کی حمایت نہیں کریں گے۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ قومی اسمبلی کے صرف ایک رکن سے ملاقات کافی نہیں، اور پارٹی قیادت کو بھی بانی پی ٹی آئی سے ملنے کی اجازت ملنی چاہیے۔

    عمران خان کے دیے گئے ناموں سے ملاقاتیں

    راجہ نے کہا کہ عمران خان نے کہا تھا کہ ان افراد سے ملاقاتیں کرائی جائیں جن کے نام انہوں نے دیے تھے۔ تاہم انہوں نے الزام لگایا کہ بانی کے دیے گئے ناموں کی بجائے فہرست میں دوسرے نام شامل کیے جا رہے ہیں۔ ان کا کہنا تھا کہ ملاقاتوں کے لیے بار بار وہی نام بھیجنے سے شکوک پیدا ہوتے ہیں۔

    پارٹی میں اپنے عہدے کے بارے میں بات کرتے ہوئے راجہ نے کہا کہ بعض افراد کی معمولی ذاتی خواہشات ہیں، لیکن ان کا عہدہ چھوڑنے کا کوئی ارادہ نہیں۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ عمران خان نے انہیں ذاتی طور پر اپنے بیانیے اور نظریے کی حفاظت کے لیے مقرر کیا تھا، اور انہوں نے کہا کہ وہ بانی پی ٹی آئی کے نظریے کا آخری سانس تک دفاع کریں گے۔ انہوں نے پارٹی کارکنوں سے اپیل کی کہ وہ ان کے بقول غیر متعلقہ افراد کی باتوں پر توجہ نہ دیں۔

  • PTI Founder Wants Direct Talks on 28th Amendment

    PTI Founder Wants Direct Talks on 28th Amendment

    ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary General Salman Akram Raja has said that party founder Imran Khan wants anyone wishing to discuss the proposed 28th Constitutional Amendment, or any other matter, to speak to him directly. According to Raja, Imran Khan conveyed the message through his lawyer, Salman Safdar.

    Speaking on Dunya News programme “Tonight with Samar Abbas”, Raja questioned why decision-makers were not approaching the PTI founder directly when, as he put it, a three-hour meeting could be held with someone else. He said discussions about the provinces were taking place, but added that no progress could be made without consulting the PTI founder, and that any discussion on constitutional changes could not move ahead without his involvement. He said the question of who should be consulted, and how, was central to the discussion.

    Raja also pointed out that the text of the proposed constitutional amendment had not yet been made public. He said the establishment of new provinces should also be discussed with Imran Khan, and described PTI as the country’s largest representative political party, adding that consultations with its founder were essential before moving forward.

    According to Raja, Imran Khan would not support anything contrary to his principles. He said a meeting with only one member of the National Assembly was not sufficient, and that the party leadership should also be allowed to meet the PTI founder.

    Meetings with names provided by Imran Khan

    Raja said Imran Khan had asked that meetings be arranged with individuals whose names he had provided. However, he alleged that other names were being added to the list instead of those provided by the founder. Repeatedly sending the same names for meetings, he said, raised suspicions.

    Commenting on his own position within the party, Raja said certain individuals had minor personal ambitions, but he had no intention of leaving his post. He said Imran Khan had personally appointed him to protect his narrative and ideology, and added that he would defend the party founder’s ideology until his last breath. He urged party workers not to pay attention to what he described as the remarks of irrelevant individuals.

  • Khawaja Asif Backs 12 Provinces for Pakistan

    Khawaja Asif Backs 12 Provinces for Pakistan

    Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said Pakistan should consider having as many as 12 provinces, reopening one of the most sensitive debates in the country’s politics and drawing sharply divided reactions from the coalition partners.

    Mr Asif, a senior figure in the ruling PML-N, said in televised remarks on Sunday that new administrative units should be created on administrative grounds, because population growth and the need to deliver basic services had outgrown the present structure. He said the units should not be formed on linguistic, ethnic or political lines.

    According to a report in the Dawn newspaper, Mr Asif said the proposal to establish new provinces had been under discussion for the past two months. He said the idea of creating additional provinces had been put forward by his cabinet colleague Mohsin Naqvi. He also argued that power should move down from provincial capitals to local institutions, and he floated the country’s existing 36 administrative divisions as one possible basis for a new map.

    Reporting on the debate describes a possible map that would split Punjab into four provinces, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa into three, Balochistan into three and Sindh into two, making 12 provinces in total. Some headlines have described the idea as 12 new provinces, but the map described in the reporting totals 12 provinces overall, up from the present four, and no official map exists.

    The reactions split along familiar lines. The MQM-P, which represents much of urban Sindh, supports new units and has renewed its demand, saying people in cities like Karachi are deprived under the present system. The PPP, which governs Sindh and is a partner in the federal coalition, firmly opposes dividing Sindh. The Sindh Assembly passed a unanimous resolution on September 3 rejecting any split of the province.

    Mr Asif accused the PPP of a double standard, saying it had supported or shown a soft corner for the demand for a Saraiki province whenever the issue was raised in Punjab, but raised the Sindhudesh issue when broader administrative restructuring was discussed. He said he believed there was something else behind what he described as the party’s contradictory position, and that he would explain what he believed was behind it at some point, while stressing that we are Pakistanis, first and last.

    The constitutional road is steep, and it runs through the provinces themselves. Under Article 239(4) of the constitution, an amendment that changes a province’s boundaries cannot be sent to the president for approval unless that province’s own assembly has first passed it by two thirds of its total membership. A constitutional amendment also needs two thirds majorities in both the National Assembly and the Senate, so in practice the Sindh Assembly holds a veto over any change to Sindh.

    For now, there is no draft law, no official map and no timetable. A senior adviser to the prime minister, Rana Sanaullah, said recently that the government had not formulated any plan on new provinces. According to a report by journalist Ansar Abbasi, a nationwide referendum is being considered before a possible 28th Constitutional Amendment, with preparatory work potentially beginning in early 2027, but none of that has been confirmed officially.

    The idea also has a history of going nowhere. Resolutions for South Punjab and Bahawalpur provinces were passed in 2012 and never took effect. What changed this week is that a sitting defence minister has put the government’s name behind the debate itself.