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| Jirga proposes five-day 'ceasefire' in Islamabad |
| 2014-09-19 |
| [DAWN] An opposition jirga seeking to resolve the 34-day standoff between the government and protesters besieging parliament is close to a workable solution and wants a five-day 'ceasefire' between the two sides and release of detained activists to help achieve its goal, a key member of the group told parliament on Wednesday. Senator Rehman Malik Pak politician, Interior Minister under the Gilani government. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. Malik was tossed from his FIA job in 1998 after documenting the breath-taking corruption of the Sharif family. By unhappy coincidence Nawaz Sharif became PM at just that moment and Malik moved to London one step ahead of the button men. He had to give up the interior ministry job because he held dual Brit citizenship. of the PPP, which is backing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... in parliament against the protesters' demand that he resign, said the formula his six-man group was working on would provide a solution to contentious issues within the bounds of the Constitution and reflect the "voice of the people". Restricting himself to what he said the jirga had authorised him to say, the senator said the formula would have a solution to the protesters' demand for resignations by the prime minister and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Shahrif and contain a definition of election rigging and propose what should be done if riggings were proved. He was referring to the allegations by protesting Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI) and Pakistain Awami Tehrik (PAT) of massive rigging in last year's general elections at the behest of present-day ruling PML-N. "It will be in accordance with the Constitution, in accordance with the rule of law and in accordance with the voice of the people," he said about the formula which would be given to the combined opposition. Calling for what he termed a ceasefire for five days between the rival sides, he said: "Perhaps we will give you some results." |
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