{"id":29210,"date":"2024-05-07T20:07:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T20:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=29210"},"modified":"2024-05-07T21:04:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T21:04:27","slug":"pti-popular-in-7-pakistanis-only-dialogue-only-after-apology-publicly-on-9-may-and-promise-to-adopt-constructive-politics-dg-ispr-makes-clear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pti-popular-in-7-pakistanis-only-dialogue-only-after-apology-publicly-on-9-may-and-promise-to-adopt-constructive-politics-dg-ispr-makes-clear\/","title":{"rendered":"PTI Popular in 7 % Pakistanis Only, Dialogue only After Apology Publicly on 9 May and Promise to Adopt Constructive Politics – DG ISPR Makes Clear"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"Rawalpindi: 07 May 2024- Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Maj-Gen Ahmed Sharif on Tuesday said that any dialogue with the PTI could happen only if it \u201cearnestly apologises publicly in front of the nation\u201d, promises to adopt \u201cconstructive politics\u201d and forgo \u201cpolitics of anarchy\u201d.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n
Dawn reported that the DG ISPR made the remarks in a lengthy press conference in Rawalpindi just two days before May 9 \u2014 a day that holds significant importance in the country\u2019s political landscape as it was on this day last year when military installations came under attack following PTI founder Imran Khan\u2019s arrest, which formed the basis of a severe state crackdown against him and his party<\/h5>\n
In the question and answer session, Gen Sharif was asked if there was a possibility of any dialogue with the PTI to which he replied: \u201cIf some political mindset, leader or clique attacks its own army, causes rifts between the army and its people, insults the nation\u2019s martyrs and issues threats and hatches propaganda, then there can be no dialogue with them.<\/h5>\n
\u201cThere is only one way back for such political anarchists that it (PTI) asks for an earnest pardon in front of the nation and promises that it will forgo politics of hate and adopt constructive [style of] politics.<\/h5>\n
\u201cIn any case, such dialogue should take place between political parties. It is not appropriate for the army to be involved.\u201d<\/h5>\n
Gen Sharif was asked about May 9 earlier in the session as well, to which he replied: \u201cFirstly, May 9 is not just the Pakistan Army\u2019s case but the entire country\u2019s.<\/h5>\n
\u201cIf, in any country, an attack is launched on its army, symbols of its martyrs are insulted, its founder\u2019s house is set on fire, hatred is created between its army and public, and if the people behind it are not brought to justice, then there is a question mark on that country\u2019s justice system.<\/h5>\n
\u201cWe believe that, to maintain trust in Pakistan\u2019s justice system, the perpetrators of May 9 \u2014 both the perpetrators and those commanding them \u2014 must be sentenced according to the Constitution and the law.<\/h5>\n
\u201cNothing is hidden about May 9. The public, the army and we all have irrefutable evidence. All of us saw this incident unfolding, we all saw how everyone was [brainwashed] against the army, its leadership, agencies and institutions through lies and propaganda.\u201d<\/h5>\n

Venomous Press Conference of DG ISPR not Appropriate for State, Society and the Relationship with Institutions ; Spokesperson PTI<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n