Political leadership's failure behind current crisis: Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

LAHORE: Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has questioned the incumbent government’s capability, saying that the political leadership’s failure was the reason behind current crisis, ARY News reported on Saturday.

Speaking at an event in Lahore, former PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi maintained that incompetent leadership will only cause harm to the country instead of resolving the issues.

The PML-N leader also expressed concern over the ‘differences’ among national institutions. He also called upon politicians to sit together and resolve the disputes for the sake of the country’s progress.

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi called upon the provincial government said that the local government should learn from the past and set up a truth commission to bring out the facts.

It is pertinent to mention here that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) delegation has sought the date for the dissolution of the National Assembly (NA) before the budget during the second round of talks with the federal government.

PTI chief Imran Khan directed the dialogue committee to conclude negotiation with the federal government at the earliest. It was learnt that Imran Khan instructed the dialogue committee to complete the dialogues within a week.

As per Khan’s directives, PTI sought the date of NA dissolution from the federal government before the budget. Moreover, the delegation also rejected the government’s plan to conduct general elections in October.