PTI to boycott NSC meeting sans Imran Khan’s approval

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has decided not to attend today’s National Security Committee (NSC) meeting unless permission is granted for a meeting with PTI founder Imran Khan.

In a late-night statement, PTI’s political committee demanded a meeting with Imran Khan before the NSC session. The party warned that if their demand was not met, they would boycott the meeting.

PTI Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram confirmed that the party’s political committee held an emergency meeting to discuss their participation in the NSC session. “We will not attend the meeting unless permission is granted for a meeting with Imran Khan,” he stated.

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Sources reveal that several PTI core committee members objected to the names submitted for the NSC session. They argued that Amir Dogar was nominated without consulting the political and core committees.

Earlier, Speaker National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq and Federal Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry had contacted PTI to request names for the meeting. PTI then submitted the names of Barrister Gohar, Asad Qaiser, Zartaj Gul, Amir Dogar, Ali Muhammad Khan, Barrister Ali Zafar, Hamid Raza, and others.

On Monday, PTI Chief Whip Amir Dogar met Speaker Ayaz Sadiq and demanded that a three-member parliamentary delegation be allowed to meet Imran Khan before the parliamentary NSC session. Speaker Sadiq and government ministers assured him that they would facilitate the meeting.

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The military leadership will brief the Parliamentary Committee on National Security participants on the current security situation during an in-camera briefing.

According to the National Assembly spokesperson, the meeting will include parliamentary leaders from all political parties and their nominated representatives, along with relevant cabinet members.

OPPOSITION ALLIANCE ALSO BOYCOTTS

Meanwhile, the opposition alliance, Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz Ayeen Pakistan, has also decided to boycott the NSC meeting.

Notably, PTI had initially decided to participate in the session but changed its decision in an emergency meeting late at night.