ISLAMABAD: The joint opposition on Friday sought a grand dialogue between all the political parties in order to get the country out of prevailing crises.
Briefing the media after the All Parties Conference (APC) organised under the banner of “Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Aain-e-Pakistan”, the opposition leaders called for another ‘Charter of Democracy’ to end the political stalemate.
Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Aain-e-Pakistan (TTAP) leader Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar said that deliberate efforts are underway to eliminate the opposition from Pakistan’s political landscape.
“We have prepared a joint declaration after the APC that serves as a guiding light for all segments of society,” he said, adding that input from all parties had been incorporated into the document.
According to the declaration, there is an urgent need for a comprehensive and collective strategy to overcome Pakistan’s mounting challenges.
“Yesterday marked one of the darkest days for democracy in Pakistan,” the statement read, as the conference strongly condemned the sentencing of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders.
The declaration stated that repeated assaults by the hybrid regime have rendered Pakistan’s parliamentary democracy meaningless.
It demanded solutions for the issues faced by tribal districts and Balochistan, the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the immediate dissolution of the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC).
According to the statement, judicial independence in Pakistan has effectively ended since the passage of the 26th Amendment. It demanded that all missing persons should be immediately presented in courts and called for an end to extrajudicial killings.
The APC also condemned what it described as fabricated cases against BNP’s Akhtar Mengal and his family, and called for their immediate dismissal.
It rejected the results of the 2024 general elections, calling them unrepresentative.
“Fascism is at its peak in Pakistan. Political chaos reigns, and both human rights and the parliamentary democratic system have been completely destroyed,” the communiqué concluded.
