- Tarar phrases PTI’s deadline “face saving” try.
- Rejects govt provided any deal to PTI founder.
- PTI units Jan 31 deadline for “conclusive” talks.
Reacting to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) January 31 deadline for the result-oriented talks, Federal Info Minister Attaullah Tarar mentioned on Thursday that the federal authorities “doesn’t take it critically”, terming it a “face-saving” try.
Earlier at the moment, the PTI negotiation committee set the deadline for the federal government after assembly its social gathering founder at Adiala Jail, reiterating the calls for of judicial probe into Could 9 riots and November 26 late-night crackdown and launch of “political prisoners”.
“PTI founder [Imran Khan] is able to forgive everybody for all of the ill-treatment he has suffered for the sake of Pakistan,” Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) chief Sahibzada Hamid Raza mentioned whereas talking to journalists after the assembly.
Raza, who can also be a part of the PTI’s dialogue group, additionally famous that the primary section of civil disobedience motion, ‘boycott of remittances’, would stay in place regardless of talks with the federal government.
Tarar, talking on Geo Information programme “Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath”, claimed that the Imran Khan-founded social gathering was issuing ultimatum to the federal government for “face-saving” because it suffered back-to-back “political defeats”.
Responding to a query, he claimed that the PTI’s name to the abroad Pakistanis to cease sending remittances would meet the identical destiny as its “remaining name” protest in Islamabad final month.
He went on to say that such calls wouldn’t make any distinction as the previous ruling social gathering confronted back-to-back failures on a number of events together with the twenty sixth Constitutional Modification and “do-or-die” protest.
The jailed former prime minister had final month referred to as on his supporters to launch the anti-government motion by withholding remittances within the first section.
To a different query, the federal minister categorically rejected that the incarcerated PTI founder had been provided any deal whereby he could be positioned beneath home arrest or transfer to a jail in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the place his social gathering is in energy.
His statements got here at a time when the federal government and the opposition started much-anticipated negotiation course of earlier this week on the Parliament Home, following months of heightened political tensions.
Irfan Siddiqui appointed govt committee’s spox
In one other growth at the moment, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appointed Senator Irfan Siddiqui because the spokesperson for the federal government’s negotiation committee.
The committee is tasked with main essential talks with the most important opposition social gathering to handle political and nationwide points.
Siddiqui, an integral a part of the negotiation committee, additionally serves because the chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on International Affairs.
The inaugural assembly, from the federal government’s aspect, was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, PM’s Adviser Rana Sanaullah, Senator Siddiqui, PPP leaders Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Naveed Qamar, and Muttahida Qaumi Motion-Pakistan (MQM-P) chief Farooq Sattar.
Whereas, the PTI was represented by former NA Speaker Asad Qaiser, SIC Chief Raza, and Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) Allama Raja Nasir Abbas.
The 2 sides are set to carry the second session on January 2, when the PTI will current its calls for earlier than the federal government panel in written.
— With extra enter from APP