Senator Irfan Siddiqui, a member of the government committee, said on Monday that he had accepted the demand by the Tehreek-e-Insaf’s negotiation team to meet jailed party founder Imran Khan after the latter was asked to A Charter of Demand”
The PTI and the government finally kicked off the much-awaited dialogue process today at Parliament House, Islamabad with the “hope of a positive outcome” to ease the country’s political tensions.
Irfan, speaking. Geo News The program “Today with Shahzeb Khanzada” said that people want peace and democratic principles in the country instead of anarchy and economic instability.
Pointing to the postponement of the verdict in the £190 million Al-Qadir Trust case against the PTI founder and his wife, he made it clear that the government had nothing to do with court matters, nothing to do with the ongoing negotiation process. Reject.
He further said that January 2 has been fixed for further negotiations in consultation with both the committees, which will not be the final meeting.
The senator highlighted that both parties have mutually agreed to resolve the matter behind closed doors and refrain from influencing the talks through statements or speeches.
“We want a logical conclusion to the negotiations. We told them [PTI] to present their demands in the form of a Charter of Demand,” he added.
Asked about the possible outcome, Irfan said that the government could not give any assurance to the opposition at this stage.
However, he said a government committee “consisting of senior members who know constitutional and legal matters” would consider the options after receiving the demands of the former ruling party.
Irfan’s position was that PTI’s negotiating committee apparently has the mandate of the former prime minister.
“The PTI team expressed its desire to meet its founder which we have accepted. We also want contact between the PTI team and Imran,” he added.
MWM chief sees ‘lots of positives’
Majlis Wahdat Muslimeen (MWM) chief Senator Raja Nasir Abbas, speaking at the same event, said he had seen “a lot of positive things” in the meeting called by the current government.
He said that the founder of PTI had proved his patriotism by forming the negotiation committee and held the government responsible for the delay in forming his negotiation committee.
He emphasized that it is important to arrange a meeting between the PTI committee and Imran in which a positive attitude will be shown by the government.
The MWM chief urged the government to take advantage of the ongoing dialogue process to resolve political disputes.
The federal government and Imran Khan’s established party held their much-discussed meeting in a favorable environment and vowed to continue the dialogue process.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, Adviser to Prime Minister Rana Sanaullah, Senator Irfan Siddiqui, PPP leader Raja Pervez Ashraf, Naveed Qamar and Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Farooq Sattar.
Meanwhile, the major opposition party was represented by former Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser, Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) Chairman Sahibzada Hamid Raza and Majlis Wahdat Muslimeen Allama Raja Nasir Abbas in today’s meeting.
Other party committee members who could not attend the meeting include Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Umar Ayub, PTI General Secretary Salman Akram Raja, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur, PTI Senior Leader Hamid Khan is included.
After the first round of negotiations ended in a favorable environment, Tehreek-e-Insaf will present its demands in writing to the government negotiation committee in the next session.