Joining the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), a number of political parties have denounced as “childish” and “unconstitutional” any probable move by the ruling coalition to outlaw the party formed by Imran Khan, as disclosed by Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar.
A political party’s prohibition has been deemed “absurd,” according to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Farhatullah Babar. He added, “It is also absurdity to talk about launching a treason case against a political leader.”
No case involving treason or a political party ban, according to the senior party leader, can stand on its own, and these verdicts will only exacerbate the already dire political situation. “Democracy and the state will not be able to last longer in a critical situation created by the government.”
On Monday, the federal cabinet made the decision to prohibit the previous ruling party.
“Pakistan and the PTI are incompatible,” Tarar declared earlier today at a press conference in Islamabad. He added that the Supreme Court and the federal cabinet will hear the case.
The choices, according to the information minister, were made in view of the PTI’s past and present leaders’ attempts to undermine Pakistan’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and their party’s role in the May 9 riots.
Awami National Party (ANP) called the government’s decision to outlaw the PTI “childish and injudicious” and emphasized that obstacles and limitations could not impede the political parties’ progress. They stated that “restrictions on the political parties and political process are not acceptable at any cost.”
