Summary The committee is scheduled to meet again tomorrow to resume dialogue.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The seventh phase of dialogue between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the government ended on Saturday with no definite outcome. PTI’s Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that the series of dialogue is ongoing and will resume tomorrow (Sunday), Dunya News reported.
The preliminary phase of dialogue resumption took place at PTI’s General Secretary Jahangir Tareen’s residence. The negotiation team representing the government comprises Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Pervaiz Rasheed, Ahsan Iqbal, Abdul Qadir Baloch and Zahid Hamid whereas the committee representing PTI comprises Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Javed Hashmi, Jahangir Tareen, Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervaiz Khattak, Asad Umar, Arif Alvi and Shafqat Mehmood.
PTI presented its eleven-point agenda to the government. Sources said that the charter of demands contained six of PTI’s previous demands including Prime Minister’s resignation and at least five new demands were added today.
New demands include the ones that were presented by PTI chief Imran Khan on May 11 at D-Chowk Islamabad.
The charter of demand proposes the procedure of investigation for the judicial commission.
The government sought the time until tomorrow for consultation which was granted by the PTI committee.
The government committee left for Prime Minister House without talking to the media whereas PTI’s Shah Mehmood Qureshi told the media that the series of dialogue is continued and that the negotiation will resume on Sunday.
The government committee will convey its point of view to the PTI’s committee after consultation with the Prime Minister.
Imran Khan’s demands presented on May 11, 2014 at D-Chowk Islamabad
Summing up his speech at D-Chowk, Islamabad, Imran Khan had enlisted the much anticipated demands from the government.
- First demand was the reformation of Election Commission.
- The second demand talked about biometric verification of voters identities in four constituencies.
- His third demand is to bring all perpetrators guilty of rigging or abetting of election rigging.
- Fourth demand is to make all Returning Officers (ROs) accountable to election commission for future elections.
- Fifth demand is to hold hearing of post-election appeals within 120 days of the filing.
- Sixth demand is to introduce electronic and biometric voting systems eliminating the chances of rigging.
- Seventh demand is to bar all caretakers from holding any public office at least for two years. He demanded to deploy impartial caretakers instead of those who inflicted ’35 punctures’ and became Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman.
- The eighth demand is the allowance of right to vote to overseas Pakistanis in light of Supreme Court’s decision.
- As ninth demand, PTI invited all political parties to work together and jointly produce a comprehensive election reform package.
