Speaking shortly after the National Assembly session where Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said they have involved the army at the behest of protesting parties, Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahir-ur-Qadri said the government had “lied to the whole nation”.
“I am not well, but I heard them and came out immediately. They have deceived the nation; they lied on the floor of the national assembly. It is pitiful that this is Pakistan Parliament.”
He addressed Nawaz as the “so-called prime minister who has come with a fake mandate” and said he wants to clarify the incorrect information given by both PML-N leaders.
“The government and PM say they did not request the army to act as mediator in this crisis. This is a lie,” he said.
"They requested it. We do not know when they met. But the request to the army chief and army to resolve this issue as mediator came from the prime minister and incumbent government."
The PAT chief said he came to know about the role of the army in negotiations through the media.
Rejecting the statements of the prime minister and Nisar that PAT approached the army to find a solution to the crisis, he said, “I have never spoken to the army chief before in my life. I saw him for the first time [last night].
