Rawalpindi: Imprisoned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan on Tuesday sought a “time frame” from the coalition government for progress on his demands as the two sides held formal talks.
Speaking to reporters outside Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail after meeting PTI founder Imran Khan, former ruling party chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said on Tuesday that there should be progress on our demands within the country. [a specified] Time frame.”
“The conversation has to happen within. [a specified] Time frame,” he said, referring to the jailed PTI founder, who has been behind bars since August last year after being convicted in the Tosha Khana case-1 – since he was ousted from power in April 2022. One of dozens of cases filed against the former prime minister.
The development comes a day after the ruling coalition and the PTI came to the table to ease political tensions in the country. The negotiation committees formed by the government and the PTI held their much-discussed meetings in a congenial atmosphere and vowed to continue the dialogue process.
Speaker National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq, who presided over the meeting, had said that the next meeting will be held on January 2 and the PTI team will present its charter of demands amid the chaos.
While interacting with reporters today, the PTI chairman said that he had apprised Khan about the talks with the government. “It was a routine meeting that lasted for half an hour.”
He further said that the founder of PTI expressed his satisfaction on starting the dialogue process.
Gohar hoped that the government would fulfill their legitimate demands.
In response to a question, the PTI chairman said that matters related to the civil disobedience movement were not discussed in the meeting.
Earlier this month, the PTI founder warned the government that if his demands – the release of “political prisoners” facing trial and the formation of a judicial commission to probe the events of May 9, 2023 – were not met. “Civil Disobedience” movement will be launched. A late-night crackdown on PTI protesters on November 26 was not decided.
The jailed former prime minister said that if these two demands are not accepted, civil disobedience movement will be started from December 14. Later, he, at the request of PTI leaders, dissented from the movement to give an opportunity for talks.
In response to a question, the PTI Chairman said that the three members of his negotiating team are PTI MNA Asad Qaiser, Sunni Ittehad Council Chairman Sahibzada Hamid Raza and Majlis Wahdat Muslimeen (MWM) Senator Raja Nasir. Abbas attended yesterday’s meeting. meeting
It is worth mentioning here that four important leaders of PTI, Secretary General Salman Akram Raja, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Umar Ayub Khan and Hamid Khan did not attend the meeting. Which raised questions on the seriousness of the former ruling party towards the negotiations.
The PTI leader said he had already informed the Speaker about the “unavailability” of the team members.
Dismissing the impression that the PTI leaders were not ready to attend the meeting, he said that the KP Chief Minister could not attend the meeting due to the Cabinet meeting, Hamid was in Bangladesh and Umar was in Peshawar. He had to appear before the High Court (PHC). Guarantee it.
He further said that all the members of PTI’s negotiation team will participate in the next round of negotiations.
Terming yesterday’s meeting as an “informal meeting”, the PTI leader said he would present his charter of demand to the government team in the next round of talks.
He also hoped for a “breakthrough” in the meeting with the coalition government.
We hope that the negotiations with the government will be fruitful.
The PTI chairman said all the FIRs against Khan were “politically motivated”, adding that the jailed former prime minister had been granted bail in all the cases.