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Read in Urdu : وزیراعظم نے اہم اجلاس بلا لیا، عمران خان کو شرکت کی دعوت
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has invited Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to attend a much-needed all-parties conference (APC) to help address the current economic and political crisis.
The proposed APC is set to take place in Islamabad on February 7 and will be attended by heads of all major political parties, especially PTI and PDM.
The Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said in a statement that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif wanted to bring together all major political parties to join hands and think of ways to tackle “important national challenges”.
She added federal minister Ayaz Sadiq has started talks with prominent party members including former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser and ex-defense minister Pervez Khattak to join hands and encourage participation in APC.
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Pakistan is facing significant economic pressures due to rising inflation, a falling currency, and huge debts. Political tensions have also been increasing over the past few months, with various opposition parties protesting against the government for failing to deliver on its promise of better infrastructure, jobs, and living standards.
The meeting will mainly cover countermeasures to cope with terrorism via CTD, the Peshawar suicide bombing, and the falling economy. According to sources, the senior PTI leader Pervez Khattak is not aware of this meeting and has not received any invitation yet.
The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader Inayatullah Khan also said that his party had not received any invitation. However, the Awami National Party (ANP) has confirmed that they have received an invite and the KP President Aimal Wali Khan will be attending the meeting.
