Reacting to jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan’s new strategy to push the incumbent government for negotiations on two key demands, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Saturday that the former ruling party’s civil disobedience call is destined to fail just like its “previous attacks on Islamabad” as the “state is providing everything to its people”.
“Civil disobedience [movement] becomes successful when the people are not dependent on the state,” said Asif speaking to a news channel, adding that the state is providing all facilities to the nationals.
“No one would deprive family from these facilities,” he said.
He was of the view that such movements had made impacts during the British era and said: “Whoever tabled this suggestion to the PTI is seemingly unaware of history.”
Commenting on possibilities of govt-PTI talks, Asif took a dig at the PTI founder, saying that Imran had always shown readiness to hold negotiations only with establishment.
“It is now in the news that the PTI founder is ready to hold dialogue with political parties,” said Asif asking the opposition party to play its parliamentary role instead of doing street politics.
In a veiled jibe at the PTI founder’s wife, Asif claimed that Bushra Bibi doesn’t understand politics, however, she “has a great understanding of financial matters”.
He criticised her statement in which she claimed being left alone by the PTI leaders during the party’s “final call” protest.
