Islamabad (TDI): As crucial talks between the government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf progress in a “cordial environment”, PTI has called for justice to all its members, while the government has ruled out using “executive powers” to release imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
“Negotiations will succeed only when there is justice for all,” said PTI Secretary-General Salman Akram Raja in an interview with a private news channel.
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He reiterated the PTI’s demands to release “political prisoners”, including Imran Khan, and constitute a judicial commission to investigate the events of May 9 and Nov 26 crackdown on PTI protesters.
He added, “If these demands are not met, we will formulate a future plan.”
In response to a query, he said that January 31 was the “cut-off date” for talks and after that, PTI would chalk out the next course of action.
Second Round of Talks
The statement came hours after PTI and the government finally held their second round of dialogue, which the National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq said was held in a cordial environment.
“In the last meeting we decided that PTI would present its list demands, but it demanded another meeting with Imran Khan to prepare the list and the next meeting will be held in the coming week, hopefully,” Sadiq said while talking to reporters after the conclusion of the second round.
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“In negotiations, all of the participants decided to meet for the betterment of the country and talk about issues such as terrorism, economy and others,” he added.
The meeting was chaired by the NA Speaker in the Parliament House’s Constitution Committee Room as he was facilitating and leading the talks.
