News Desk
ISLAMABAD : The federal cabinet on Wednesday once again deferred the decision to ban the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
This was announced by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif while addressing the participants in the meeting.
The cabinet finally met after twice postponing the meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office here. The meeting could not reach a decision to proceed under Article 6 against former president Dr Arif Alvi, PTI founder Imran Khan, and former National Assembly deputy speaker Qasim Suri.
According to sources, the ban on the PTI was to be considered in the cabinet meeting, but the issue was not taken up.
The prime minister mentioned the Palestine situation and said the Israeli forces had killed more than 40,000 people. The United Nations adopted resolutions for ceasefire and the International Court of Justice had condemned the genocide but the Israeli government paid no heed to voices against it.
Premier Shehbaz said the cabinet had approved visa-free entry to businessmen and citizens of friendly countries. The approval was given on the recommendation of the Ministry of Interior for visa-free entry to residents of 126 countries.
He said there had been a surge in terrorist activities in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recently. Our brave soldiers laid down their lives in defence of the country. “These terrorist acts are a systematic conspiracy against Pakistan,” he continued.
