Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar has stated that he does not view the pardoning of prisoners as a significant step forward. He also highlighted PTI’s unfavorable stance on military court trials.
The PTI chairman emphasized that the party would present its demands during upcoming negotiations with the government’s negotiation committee.
On the matter of protest politics, Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) leader Sahibzada Hamid Raza mentioned that the decision would ultimately be made by PTI’s founder.
In related news:
- Mercy petitions of 19 convicts involved in the May 9 riots have been accepted, according to an ISPR statement.
- The second round of talks between the government and PTI is scheduled for today.
- The first round of government-PTI talks concluded “positively.”
The names of the 19 convicts whose sentences have been pardoned are as follows:
- Muhammad Ayaz (son of Sahibzada Khan)
- Samiullah (son of Meerdad Khan)
- Laiq Ahmad (son of Manzoor Ahmad)
- Amjad Ali (son of Manzoor Ahmad)
- Yasir Nawaz (son of Amir Nawaz Khan)
- Syed Alam (son of Muazullah Khan)
- Zahid Khan (son of Muhammad Nabi)
- Muhammad Suleman (son of Syed Ghani Jan)
- Hamza Sharif (son of Muhammad Azam)
- Muhammad Salman (son of Zahid Nisar)
- Ashar Butt (son of Muhammad Arshad Butt)
- Muhammad Waqas (son of Malik Muhammad Khaleel)
- Sufyan Idris (son of Idris Ahmad)
- Muneeb Ahmad (son of Naveed Ahmad Butt)
- Muhammad Ahmad (son of Muhammad Nazir)
- Muhammad Nawaz (son of Abdul Samad)
- Muhammad Ali (son of Muhammad Bhutta)
- Muhammad Bilawal (son of Manzoor Hussain)
- Muhammad Ilyas (son of Muhammad Fazal Haleem)
