{"id":9353,"date":"2024-07-15T10:57:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T10:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/?p=9353"},"modified":"2024-07-15T10:57:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T10:57:43","slug":"decision-to-ban-pti-unconstitutional-must-be-withdrawn-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/decision-to-ban-pti-unconstitutional-must-be-withdrawn-immediately\/","title":{"rendered":"Decision to ban PTI unconstitutional, must be withdrawn immediately"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_4_5 4_5 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Press release<\/p>\n<p><strong>Decision to ban PTI unconstitutional, must be withdrawn immediately<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Lahore, 15 July 2024<\/em>. HRCP is shocked by the government\u2019s decision to ban the PTI. Not only is this move in flagrant violation of party members\u2019 right to association under Article 17 of the Constitution, but it is also an enormous blow to democratic norms, especially when the Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the PTI is a political party. Moreover, such a move reeks of political desperation, given that it follows closely on the heels of the apex court\u2019s ruling that has effectively made the PTI the single largest party in the National Assembly after making it eligible for reserved seats for women and minorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>HRCP demands that this unconstitutional decision be withdrawn immediately. If pushed through, it will achieve nothing more than deeper polarization and the strong likelihood of political chaos and violence. No government can afford to have a selective memory and conveniently forget the consequences of banning or demonizing political parties lest it find itself on the receiving end of such measures.<\/p>\n<p>HRCP also reminds the government that\u00a0it needs to prioritize relief to its beleaguered citizens who are caught in a continuing cost-of-living crisis and rising violence, crime and militancy. 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