Summary Former interior minister was talking to media in Taxila.
TAXILA (Dunya News)- Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz’s (PMLN) leader and former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar has urged all stakeholders to put an end to the festering tradition of sit-ins in country.
He was talking to media representatives at his residence in Taxila.
“In bid to make Pakistan a prosperous country, tradition of sit-ins must be called off,” Nisar stressed on while adding that, “Two sit-ins were staged during my tenure and I dealt with them efficaciously”.
Nisar warned against rule of gangs in the country if the ritual of sit-in continues to get stronger.
He revealed that he hold discussions with the incumbent premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi amidst Faizabad sit-in and warned him against use of force on protesters.
Nisar advised his party s aides to focus on upcoming polls and avoid confrontation with the state institutions. He dismissed rumors of rift within party and formation of forward block.
“I believe in politics of nonviolence. No one was subjected to torture when sit-ins were staged in my tenure,” asserted Nisar.
