{"id":48905,"date":"2024-09-17T23:30:43","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T18:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=48905"},"modified":"2024-09-17T23:30:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T18:30:43","slug":"pti-agrees-to-constitutional-amendments-says-khawaja-asif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pti-agrees-to-constitutional-amendments-says-khawaja-asif\/","title":{"rendered":"PTI \u2018agrees\u2019 to constitutional amendments, says Khawaja Asif"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SIALKOT: Defense Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/khawaja-asif-hints-at-possible-military-trial-of-imran-khan\/\">Khawaja Asif<\/a> has asserted that the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/federal-govt-decides-to-ban-pakistan-tehreek-e-insaf-pti\/\">Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf<\/a> (PTI) is also satisfied with the proposed constitutional amendments but has requested for a postponement till December.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media, Asif emphasized that the constitutional amendment draft is not secret, and claimed, \u201cEvery leader has access to the document. This is a public draft, not hidden.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the purpose of the amendment is to ensure accountability and maintain a balance of power between institutions in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He further clarified that the Judiciary still retains the power to appoint judges with five advocate judges representing each chamber.<\/p>\n<p>Asif took direct aim at the PTI founder, accusing him of several wrongdoings over the years.<\/p>\n<p>He remarked that the founders of PTI are central in everything and want to control all aspects of Pakistan except constitutional amendment.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the PTI&#8217;s four-year tenure, Asif criticized its leader for attempting a coup on May 9 and alleged that members of the military establishment were involved.<\/p>\n<p>He also claimed that the PTI founder had repeatedly expressed his desire to &#8216;talk to the establishment&#8217; since his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Khawaja Asif also pointed out that while politicians face accountability and legal challenges, the judiciary enjoys significant salaries and perks, yet more than 27 lakh cases are pending in courts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SIALKOT: Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has asserted that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is also satisfied with the proposed constitutional amendments but has requested for a postponement till December. Speaking to the media, Asif emphasized that the constitutional amendment draft is not secret, and claimed, \u201cEvery leader has access to the document. This is a public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":26873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,147],"tags":[3007,733],"class_list":["post-48905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","category-politics","tag-khawaja-asif","tag-pakistan-tehreek-e-insaf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48906,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48905\/revisions\/48906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}