Despite an announcement by the PTI that talks with the government were over, National Assembly (NA) Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq still desires the dialogue between the two sides to continue and has not formally dissolved the committees formed for the purpose, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Saturday.
Sources told 24News TV channel that on the speaker’s orders, the National Secretariat had not de-notified the committees as yet.
It is pertinent to mention here that both the government and the PTI have dissolved their committees formed to find a way out of the current situation through dialogue.
Negotiations with PTI ‘concluded’
On Friday, PML-N Parliamentary Leader in the Senate Senator Irfanul Haq Siddiqui, confirmed that the government has ended the negotiation process with PTI after the party withdrew and rejected the prime minister’s offer for another round of talks.
Siddiqui, also the spokesman for the government’s negotiation committee involved in talks with the PTI, said that PTI leaders hurried into negotiations and exited just as quickly as they had arrived. Their primary and genuine demand was the immediate release of Imran Khan and other leaders.
In an interview, Irfan Siddiqui further emphasized that negotiations have ended, with no deadlock or breakdown. Despite the prime minister’s offer, PTI’s responses, as of January 31, are available, and their set deadline has passed. With the dissolution of their committee, the negotiations have now concluded, he added.
Reporter: Usman Khan