Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Thursday termed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf’s January 31 deadline for talks as “face-saving”, saying the government “does not take it seriously”.
Earlier today, PTI’s negotiating committee reiterated its demands for the May 9 riots and November 26 late-night crackdown and release of “political prisoners” for the government after meeting its party founder in Adiala Jail. Deadline set.
Founder of PTI [Imran Khan] The head of the Sunni Unity Council (SIC), Sahibzada Hamid Raza, while talking to the journalists after the meeting, said that he is ready to forgive all ill-treatment done to him for the sake of Pakistan.
Raza, who is also part of the PTI’s dialogue team, also noted that the first phase of the civil disobedience movement, the ‘Boycott of Deliveries’, will continue despite talks with the government.
Tarr, speaking. Geo News The program “Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Saat”, claimed that Imran Khan’s founding party was issuing an ultimatum to the government to “save face” as it suffered a series of “political defeats”.
To a question, he claimed that the PTI’s call to stop sending remittances to overseas Pakistanis would have the same fate as its “final call” protest in Islamabad last month.
He added that such calls would not matter as the former ruling party had faced successive setbacks on several occasions, including the 26th constitutional amendment and the “do or die” protests.
The jailed former prime minister had last month asked his supporters to start an anti-government movement by stopping remittances in the first phase.
In response to another question, the federal minister categorically denied that the jailed PTI founder was offered any deal in which he would be detained or transferred to a prison in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. will go, where his party is in power.
His comments came as the government and opposition began a much-anticipated negotiation process at Parliament House earlier this week after months of escalating political tensions.
Irfan Siddiqui appointed spokesperson of the government committee
Today, in another development, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appointed Senator Irfan Siddiqui as the spokesperson of the government negotiation committee.
The committee is tasked with leading key talks with the main opposition party to resolve political and national issues.
Siddiqui, who is an integral part of the negotiating committee, is also the chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, Advisor to the Prime Minister Rana Sanaullah, Senator Siddiqui, PPP leader Raja Pervez Ashraf, Naveed Qamar and Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Farooq Sattar participated in the inaugural meeting on behalf of the government. .
While PTI was represented by former speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser, SIC chief Raza and Allama Raja Nasir Abbas of Majlis Wahdat Muslimeen (MWM).
The two sides are scheduled to hold another meeting on January 2, when the PTI will present its demands in writing to the government panel.
– With additional input from APP