LAHORE: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has welcomed the consensus between the federal government and the Pakistan Tehrik-i- Insaf on the terms of reference (TOR) for setting up a judicial commission to audit 2013 general elections.
“The PML-N government should have accepted the PTI demand in this regard much earlier as the political stalemate adversely affected the business during a sit-in in Islamabad,” PPP Central Punjab President Manzoor Wattoo said here on Saturday.
He said it was the responsibility of the government to defuse the situation but it preferred to play wait and see game hoping the PTI and its ally would run out of steam to further press it for its legitimate demand.
“Such a thinking was undemocratic and short-sighted and, therefore, proved counter-productive at the end of the day,” he said.
Wattoo said the political deadlock inflicted irreparable diplomatic damage to the country because the visit of the Chinese president to Pakistan was postponed during which he intended to sign agreements involving billions of dollars of direct investment.
Sri Lankan president’s visit to Pakistan was also postponed due to this reason and the image of the country was tarnished in the world, he added.
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