Islamabad – The government on Sunday expressed concern over a new demand from PTI leader Asad Qaiser to include an establishment representative in ongoing negotiations, as well as the party’s reluctance to put forward a formal charter of demands.
while speaking dawn news tv program'Dusra RookOn Saturday, Qaiser said the party would not continue talks with the government to lower the political temperature unless it received “uninterrupted access” to former prime minister and party founder Imran Khan, adding that only he could make the decision Any decision.
He added that ongoing political consultation with other jailed party leaders is needed. However, without naming the agency, Kaiser said PTI had asked the government to include “stakeholders” in the dialogue because “it remains to be seen what those with real decision-making power think”.
In the same program, PPP leader Raja Pervez Ashraf was responding to a question about the proposal to have representatives on board for negotiations.
talking about dawn news tv program'Dusra RookToday, government committee spokesman Senator Irfan Siddiqui said he was “surprised” by Keizer's new demands and said they were not raised at committee meetings.
“What he (Qaiser) said in the interview dawn news It's surprising and very big,” he said. “Now he is making new demands, asking for representatives of the pro-establishment faction to participate in the negotiations.
“He did not make any of these demands during the committee meeting,” the senator insisted. Siddiqui also expressed surprise at Qaiser's request for uninterrupted talks and consultations with other jailed PTI leaders.
In a joint press statement on Thursday, Siddiqui said the PTI in its last meeting had requested that it be allowed to meet Imran at Adiala jail for consultations on the final charter of demands.
Siddiqui warned that ongoing negotiations could face major challenges as PTI failed to submit its written demands as originally agreed. app.
He quoted Qaiser as saying that the PTI would use the minutes of the committee meeting as a formal statement of the party's demands, rather than the charter discussed in the meeting.
“It's weird,” Siddiqui said of the way the requests were made.
The PTI's relations with the government and those in power have deteriorated sharply since Imran was imprisoned in multiple cases last year, with protests often escalating into violence amid state repression.
Following the unrest, Imran formed a five-member committee to hold talks with “anyone”, marking a shift in the stance of PTI MPs in parliament. In response, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also formed a committee composed of members of the ruling coalition.
The first meeting between the two sides was held on December 23, and the second meeting was held on January 2.
The government and opposition are expected to meet again next week.
