ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has formed a negotiating committee comprising members of the government’s allies for talks with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
Last night, PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said that Speaker of the National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq has assured him that a government committee will be formed for talks, and it is hoped that the committee will be formed by tomorrow and talks will be held.
Following this, Speaker Ayaz Sadiq confirmed Barrister Gohar’s statement and said that, in response to the formation of the negotiating committee by the PTI, the Prime Minister of Pakistan had been requested to form a government negotiating team.
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Composition of the Negotiating Committee;
On Sunday, the Prime Minister formed the negotiating committee, which includes Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, Adviser to the Prime Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan, Center Irfan Siddiqui, PPP’s Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and Naveed Qamar, MQM’s Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Stability Pakistani Party’s Abdul Aleem Khan, and PML-Q’s Chaudhry Salik Hussain.
After the formation of the committee, the Prime Minister expressed hope that national security and national interest will be prioritized.
The Prime Minister said, “If there is Pakistan, then there are all of us. I appreciate the efforts of the Speaker of the National Assembly.”
It may be recalled that yesterday, PTI leader Shoaib Shaheen said that if the government showed seriousness, they would withdraw the call for civil disobedience. If they do not listen to us by Sunday, overseas will not send money from Sunday.
Later, PTI founder Imran Khan, in a message sent from prison through his sister Aleema Khan, said that the call to not send remittances should be implemented from tomorrow.
