Government makes Parliament redundant: Imran

The Parliament has been made redundant and a mere bystander as the government is not serious in implementing the resolutions passed by the Joint Session of the Parliament. In a press statement issued here on Thursday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan stated that the formation of the commission has been made controversial by nominating individuals without consulting leaders of political parties represented in and outside Parliament.
A detailed draft TOR of the Commission should have been circulated for consultation and review. The Commission along with a detailed TOR proposed through a consultative process within and outside parliament should have been constituted under an act of Parliament. The Commission should have included individuals of impeccable credentials representing all relevant areas of expertise including; a retired representative of the Air Force, Army, and an expert on international law besides political and judicial representatives.
The PTI Chairman stated that the ham-handed manner in which the government has constituted the Commission will only deepen the suspicions that the government is trying to gain time and has no intention of bringing out the truth about the unilateral US operation in Abbottabad and the secret understandings made by our rulers with the US nor does it intend to implement the resolution of the Joint Session of Parliament in letter and spirit.
In this regard the PTI Chairman pointed out the failure of the government to stop Nato supplies if drone attacks continued, a specific policy guideline under the resolution. Imran stated that the confused and conflicting policy statements by the rulers would only embolden the US to continue its reckless policy of unilateral military operations inside Pakistani territory. While the Prime Minister termed the Abbotabad operation a "historic success" on the other hand the President has been reported according to the latest Wiki leaks to have given a green signal to the US for unilateral military action inside Pakistan.
He said the time has come for the nation to take stock of the serious security challenges particularly, after the PNS Mehran episode. By pursuing the US agenda in Pakistan, the government is creating unbearable pressure on security organisations. Such pressures may lead to a process of internal fragmentation that must not be allowed to happen. Without any sober analysis of the fast unfolding events leading to a review of its policies, the government continues to 'do more' at US behest. The planned operation in North Waziristan Agency would create more havoc and further spike acts of terror in our cities and towns. Our national security demands that a corrupt government that refuses to protect the lives of our citizens and fails to provide good governance should not be allowed to continue in power, Imran Khan concluded.-PR