[Politics] Everybody out to get revenge in political field today: Arif Alvi

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President Dr Arif Alvi expressed serious concerns regarding Pakistan's economy and said that if all stakeholders, including political parties, don't ignore or put aside their differences and start discussions, the economic situation may worsen.

He said it was imperative to bring down the country's political temperature and that he had "offered dialogue among all stakeholders" for this purpose.In an exclusive interview with BBC Urdu, President Alvi said that the current coalition government is being "evasive" in talks with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

According to him, during the last one month, there has been no communication between the PTI and coalition government and no response has been received over requests for negotiations.

President Alvi also told BBC that former prime minister Imran Khan, who is also the PTI chief, had expressed satisfaction over the appointment of General Asim Munir as the current army chief when Alvi had consulted the PTI chair over it. However, he said that he was not playing any role in conducting a dialogue between the current military leadership and Khan.

He emphasised on his offers of negotiations between the government alliance and PTI, saying he had urged them to "sit together".

"I am not talking about Imran Khan. I am saying that at least the political parties should negotiate with each other. After that, the major figures of the [political] parties can also meet," he explained.

Misunderstandings arose because of undue importance given to social media, he reasoned, expressing the belief that the country's decision-makers "are not able to handle social media properly" and that they should do a better job of it.

President Alvi again highlighted that he had been trying to reduce differences in all these matters and would continue this process in future.

"I held meetings and asked everyone to minimise their differences. When we give too much importance to social media in these matters, problems arise. YouTube was shut down in Pakistan for two years because the opinion-makers couldn't handle it," he said.

When pressed if the cause of “friction” between former premier and ex-army chief was the appointment of then director-general (DG) of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), President Alvi said that he would not talk about any specific person or incident.

link:https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1029855-president-arif-alvi-bbc-urdu-interview

 

Edited January 12, 2023 by Ｓａｓｕｋｅ™