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PDM holds out olive branch to PPP, ANP
[DAILYTIMES.PK] Pakistain Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman ...Deobandi holy man, known as Mullah Dieselduring the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty... on Tuesday gave the PPP and the ANP one more chance to review their decision of parting ways with the opposition alliance, a private TV channel reported him as saying at a presser here. "The Pakistain People’s Party and Awami National Party founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986. Part of the PPP-led cabinet 2008-13. The ANP is considered left wing, advocating for secularism, democratic socialism, public sector government, and economic egalitarianism.... can still review their resignations and return to PDM," Fazl said while talking to media persons in Islamabad alongside other leaders of the alliance, including PML-N’s Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Ahsan Iqbal, following a meeting of the PDM. "The PDM was not formed so that we bicker over one position or the other. We have seen many challenges through and were always able to sort things out with dialogue and mutual understanding," he said. "We have received the resignations of both the parties, but we can still sit and talk to resolve the differences," he added. Fazl lamented that the two parties chose to walk away when they could have conveyed their concerns by asking for a PDM meeting. "We are still inviting them towards reconciliation. PDM is willing to listen to your concerns," he said. According to Fazl, the alliance represents the public and its issues, and those parting ways should not make it a matter of their ego. "Keeping in view the peoples’ miseries and the inflation and injustices they are dealing with, we should not put our interests before theirs," he advised. "This alliance is a serious platform to put forth the aspirations of the people," he maintained. Fazl said that both the parties "should not have adopted such a behaviour". He said that it was the right of the opposition alliance to demand an explanation for the PPP and ANP’s move to get Gilani appointed in the manner he was. He said that all political parties of the alliance have ’equal status’. However, there is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened... the PDM does have an administrative structure as well. "The majority of our decisions were made with agreement between all parties. Candidates for chairman Senate, deputy chairman Senate and leader of opposition in Senate were decided by consensus," he said. "Many times an issue ended up not being completely resolved. But we brought to the fore whatever progress was made on it," he said. Posted by: Fred 2021-04-15 |
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