Constitutional provisions allow for PTI ban, says ...

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• Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry has said that the Constitution provides several grounds for banning Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), but the government does not want to take such a step while a political government is in power.
• The minister’s statement comes amid heightened political tensions between the federal government and the PTI following the imposition of emergency and governor’s rule in KP.
• Chaudhry’s remarks indicate that the possibility of banning the PTI remains part of the political debate, although he said the government did not want to take that step while the country was being governed by an elected political administration.

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Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry has said that the Constitution provides several grounds for banning Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), but the government does not want to take such a step while a political government is in power.