LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah on Thursday said that the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) did not need to strike any kind of understanding with the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), saying that the PML-N’s invitation of grand dialogue was meant for all parties and not just one party. “If the PPP wishes to become a hurdle in the grand dialogue then this stain on the party will sustain for times to come,” he said while talking to the media. The minister said that the Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2017, had been passed by the National Assembly at the right time and if the PPP wished to oppose it by misusing their democratic right then they would only be pleasing anti-democracy forces in the country. On Asif Ali Zardari, Rana Sanaullah said that Zardari had been accused of damaging PPP’s political repute and now he was bent upon damaging democracy in the country. Commenting on Imran Khan, he said that he had emerged as a ‘puppet’ of the ‘anti-democracy forces’ in the country, but the 2018 general election’s public mandate would put an end to the PTI chairman’s political career. Responding to a question regarding Islamabad sit-in, he said that the constitutional provision regarding finality of prophethood was intact and Tehreek-e-Labbaik’s demands were merely religious and not political. “We wish to resolve the issue peacefully and it is not a matter of concern since all state bodies, including the government, institutions and public, are in total agreement with regard to the finality of prophethood. However, the state doesn’t approve of disruptions created by the sit-in,” he added. Published in Daily Times, November 24th 2017.