Mahmood Khan Achakzai, head of the Pashtun Khawa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP), an ally of the PTI, has said there is no point in negotiating with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government as it has a “legitimate mandate”. There is a lack of .
“What is the point of negotiating with a government that does not have a legitimate mandate?” Achakzai said this while talking to reporters in Islamabad along with Majlis Wahdat Muslimeen (MWM) Chairman Allama Raja Nasir Abbas.
The statement came a day after the second round of talks between the former ruling party and the government was held, which National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq said was held in a pleasant atmosphere.
During the meeting, PTI’s negotiating team tried to hold frequent meetings with party founder Imran Khan to finalize the “Charter of Demands”. While the PTI has been quite vocal about its key demands – the release of political prisoners and a judicial inquiry into the May 9, 2023 and November 26 crackdowns – it has put these demands in writing with the government committee. Could not share.
The party founded by Imran Khan has already given an ultimatum that the negotiations should be completed by the end of the current month.
These negotiations were taking place in the context of the declaration of civil disobedience movement by the former ruling party if the demands are not accepted. Imprisoned PTI founder Imran Khan had last month asked his supporters to start an anti-government movement by stopping remittances in the first phase.
Speaking to the media today, the PKMAP chief said that he would pray for the success of the talks, but prayers are not accepted in such cases.
Describing Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as a “friend”, he claimed that the current Prime Minister was ready to become the Prime Minister during the tenure of the then President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf. He further said that Nawaz Sharif had the courage to stop Shehbaz, but now the former have also retreated.
Meanwhile, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi – whose party, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), is an ally of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) at the center – has criticized the ongoing talks between the government and the PTI. Expressing doubts, he said that nothing. It can be seen coming out of the negotiations between the two.
Speaking to reporters in Peshawar, Kundi noted that negotiations were the only way out of the long-standing problems, adding that he did not see the PTI making an agreement like the NRO.