ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday said that a “truth commission” should be constituted to determine the facts behind banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan’s (TLP) 2017 sit-in in Faizabad.
Talking to media after attending the proceedings in an accountability court in connection with LNG terminal reference, Mr Abbasi asked Prime Minister Imran Khan to explain who had given undertaking to expel the French ambassador? Why the government, instead of fulfilling its commitment, had banned TLP? And once the TLP had been banned then why the government engaged them for negotiations?
The senior PML-N leader said what happened in Lahore was unfortunate. He expressed surprise over sudden summoning of the National Assembly session and said the prime minister should address the assembly on this issue instead of delivering a televised speech.