Govt decides not to hold any further talks with PTI

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday chaired a meeting on the overall political and security situation in the country. 

The meeting took place at the Prime Minister’s House and was attended by Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar and some other ministers.

At the meeting, participants discussed the ongoing protest by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the government’s strategy to deal with it. The meeting decided that the government would not hold further talks with the protesting PTI.

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi expressed the same views during a press conference on Tuesday. He said the government would not hold talks with the protesting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in any case.

Talking to the media in Islamabad after PTI supporters reached D-Chowk in large numbers despite deployment of heavy contingents of police, Rangers and the army, Naqvi blamed the former first lady Bushra Bibi for all the chaos going on in the federal capital. He said that Bushra Bibi was responsible for all the losses caused by the protests. He said that he would give details of all the losses. 

Naqvi said these people claimed they were coming for a peaceful protest and everyone saw how peaceful they have been. He said that three Rangers personnel and a policeman were martyred during the protest and PTI’s social media spread the news that they were hit by their own vehicle.