...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....
made it clear on Saturday that time for talks with the government to find a common ground on its demands for electoral reforms and audit of election results was over. The party said it would go ahead with its march slated for Aug 14 with "full force".
At the same time the PTI core committee also warned the government against invoking Article 245, arguing that using the army for political purposes was dangerous and if the decision was not reversed, the party reserved the right to challenge it in the Supreme Court.
"Now the time for such approaches is over. The core committee concluded that now the decisions will be made after the arrival of the Azadi March in Islamabad on Aug 14," the PTI declared after a meeting, presided over by Imran Khan
... aka
Taliban Khan, who is the lightweight's lightweight...
.
Talking to Dawn, a member of the PTI core committee said till now a few people in the party were in favour of talks with the government, instead of going ahead with the long march, if it was willing to accept PTI's demands on recount of votes and electoral reforms. "However,
if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning...
the entire party leadership decided unanimously on Saturday to use all its resources to make the Azadi March a success," said the PTI leader, who is also a member of the National Assembly.