{"id":16316,"date":"2025-08-10T18:05:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T18:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=16316"},"modified":"2025-08-10T18:05:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T18:05:31","slug":"pti-made-mistake-granting-bajwa-extension-asad-qaiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=16316","title":{"rendered":"PTI made mistake granting Bajwa extension: Asad Qaiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser has admitted the party made a mistake by granting an extension to former army chief Gen (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa, saying he \u201capologises\u201d for the decision, Express News reported.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a press conference alongside leaders of Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Ain Pakistan on Sunday, Qaiser alleged that the country is currently under \u201cde facto martial law\u201d and that the existing system is \u201cneither constitutional nor legal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He claimed a \u201cwhisper campaign\u201d was under way about a possible 27th constitutional amendment, adding that the lawyers\u2019 movement would begin opposing it. \u201cWe have decided to use every forum, both inside and outside Parliament,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing speculation that he could become opposition leader, he dismissed the reports, saying he expected PTI\u2019s Omar Ayub to return soon and assume the role.<\/p>\n<p>Qaiser urged that the cases against PTI\u00a0founder Imran Khan be heard on merit. He criticised the disqualification of the opposition leaders in both houses of Parliament, calling it \u201ca farce.\u201d \u201cAround the world, lawmakers enjoy privileges and can visit prisons. Is it not illegal to bar an assembly member from going to jail?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>The former speaker accused the administration of pressuring decision-makers, warning that Pakistan was heading towards \u201csevere anarchy.\u201d \u201cIf the cases are heard on merit, there is nothing in them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Bajwa was appointed COAS by PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif in 2019 and extended by PTI chairman Imran Khan in 2019 &#8211; serving the nation as army chief for six years. Qaiser was speaker of the house during the tension, which ended up showing the door to the PTI\u2019s government through vote of no-confidence.<\/p>\n<p>After resisting till the last moment, he handed over the seat to Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ayaz Sadiq to proceed with the historic voting that resulted in first time ouster of any prime minister through the constitutional process.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser has admitted the party made a mistake by granting an extension to former army chief Gen (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa, saying he \u201capologises\u201d for the decision, Express News reported. Speaking at a press conference alongside leaders of Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Ain Pakistan on Sunday, Qaiser alleged that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}