Pakistan's political panorama is poised for enchancment as the federal government prepares to have interaction in dialogue with opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) negotiators at Parliament Home on Monday (in the present day).
The dialogue grew to become potential after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif fashioned an eight-member committee for the talks with the PTI on the request of the Nationwide Meeting Speaker Ayaz Sadiq.
The committee, led by Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, includes parliamentarians from the ruling coalition, together with the Pakistan Peoples Celebration (PPP), the Muttahida Qaumi Motion-Pakistan (MQM-P) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q).
The members are: Rana Sanaullah and Irfan Siddiqui of the PML-Nawaz, Raja Pervez Ashraf and Naveed Qamar of the PPP, Dr Khalid Maqbool of the MQM-P, Aleem Khan of the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Celebration (IPP) and Chaudhry Salik Hussain of the PML-Q.
The committee will maintain talks with a PTI negotiating crew, comprising Omar Ayub, Asad Qaiser, Salman Akram Raja, Ali Amin Khan Gandapur and Sahibzada Hamid Raza. The PTI founder Imran Khan had fashioned the crew earlier this month.
Imran had put ahead his two calls for: launch of under-trial political prisoners and a judicial investigation into the Could 9 incidents and the November 26 crackdown on PTI protesters, in any other case a civil disobedience motion could be launched.
Nevertheless, the federal government aspect had been dragging its toes on the problem of the talks with the opposition, saying that the negotiations couldn’t happen with pre-conditions and below the shadow of any risk.
The most recent improvement got here on the recommendation of Speaker Ayaz Sadiq, who had been approached by the PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar. Sadiq welcomed formation of the federal government committee and convened a gathering in his chamber on Monday (in the present day).
The Speaker stated that the Prime Minister's initiative to resolve points via talks was welcome and he had invited the federal government and the opposition to the talks in good religion. "The doorways of the Speaker's Workplace are all the time open to members," he stated.
"Progress can solely be achieved via talks and dialogue. To take the method ahead, the members of each committees have been invited to fulfill tomorrow, [today] at 11:30am. I’ll meet the members of each committees in my chamber."
Prime Minister Shehbaz appreciated the efforts of the speaker for nationwide cohesion and expressed the hope that nationwide solidarity and nationwide pursuits could be held supreme through the talks with PTI. "Pakistan is the explanation of our existence," he stated.
PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar and Opposition Chief within the Nationwide Meeting Omar Ayub welcomed the formation of the federal government's negotiation committee and expressed the hope that each one points could be resolved within the shortest potential time.
Later, the Nationwide Meeting Secretariat issued a notification for an in-camera assembly for the talks between the federal government and the opposition on the Parliament Home at 11:30am on Monday. "The assembly will likely be held below the chairmanship of Nationwide Meeting Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq," it stated.