Summary The stalled talks between the government and the PTI are likely to be resumed today.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The government negotiating committee has once again contacted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI).
According to sources, the stalled talks between the government and PTI are likely to be resumed today.
In this regard, the PTI has also summoned its core committee session at 3PM. The meeting will be held in Imran Khan's container.
The session will review the future course of action and the options for dialogue with the government representatives.
The government team also informed about the details of the FIR against those who allegedly attacked Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s house.
Earlier on Thursday, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) suspended the dialogue process with the government after holding the first meeting.
PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the Punjab Governor was informed about the suspension of talks with the government negotiating team. Qureshi held a telephonic conversation with Chaudhry Sarwar and told him that the PTI team will not come to the hotel for the negotiation.
The official page of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf also tweeted about the decision.
PTI has suspended dialogue process with the government, decision informed to Governor Punjab, says @SMQureshiPTI #AzadiSquare
— PTI (@PTIofficial) August 21, 2014
Explaining the reason, the PTI said the statements of federal ministers were deteriorating the environment for talks.
The statements from federal ministers are deteriorating the environment for dialogue, says @Asad_Umar #AzadiSquare #AzadiMarchPTI
— PTI (@PTIofficial) August 21, 2014
PTI suspends negotiations with the government committee. Their attitude is totally opposite compared to their dialogues call. @SMQureshiPTI
— PTI (@PTIofficial) August 21, 2014
The second round of talks between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the government were scheduled for 2pm today.
Earlier, member of the negotiation committee, Ahsan Iqbal said that both the parties have a consensus over not being a laughing stock. PTI has presented 6 demands before the government which shall be reviewed within the party and we’re hopeful for the dialogues to bear positive outcome, he added.
Vice Chairman PTI Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that PTI is a democratic party and they are not negotiating upon anybody else’s indication.
The PTI and the government have both formulated their respective teams for negotiations. The team representing the government constituted governor Punjab Chaudhry Sarwar and federal ministers viz Pervez Rashid, Zahid Hamid, Ahsan Iqbal and Abdul Qadir Baloch whereas the negotiating team representing PTI constituted Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Javed Hashmi, Asad Umer, Jahangir Tareen and Arif Alvi.
The negotiations took place in a hotel in Islamabad after which Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that they had presented their demands before the government and would be awaiting for their response after consultation.
