Govt sets up sub-committee to address PTI’s demands ahead of deadline
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National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq chairs second meeting between government and PTI negotiation committee meeting in Parliament House, Islamabad on January 2, 2025 — PID
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The negotiating team representing the coalition government had formed a sub-committee to review the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Charter of Demands and prepare a response to it after seven days of PTI founder Imran Khan’s A warning was given to stop negotiations. Deadline
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah revealed the formation of the sub-committee after attending the meeting of the government negotiation team in his office today under the chairmanship of National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq.
“We will give the government’s answer to the opposition in the next meeting,” the prime minister’s aide told reporters in the lower house, adding that The sub-committee is examining the demands of the former ruling party.
Asked about the seven-day deadline for former prime minister Khan’s judicial commission, Sanaullah said he was free to make statements and make his own moves, however, the government side would give its “written reply”.
In response to another question regarding the government’s plan to launch a judicial inquiry into the May 9 and November 26 incidents, he said that the PTI would be briefed on the government’s response to the judicial commission.
A day ago, PTI chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan announced that he had received instructions from the party founder that if the government failed to form a judicial commission on May 9, 2023 and November 26, 2024, it would continue with it. The negotiation process will be stopped.
Senator Irfan Siddiqui, spokesperson of the government negotiation committee, said that the participants of today’s meeting did not take a final decision on the formation of the Judicial Commission on the demand of Tehreek-e-Insaaf.
He said that all the representatives of the seven parties of the ruling coalition participated in the meeting in which PTI’s Charter of Demand was reviewed, but no opinion was formed on it.
“Today’s meeting was positive and comprehensive. […] Such meetings will continue,” he said, adding that another meeting was scheduled for Wednesday (yesterday) to consider the opposition party’s demands.
He reiterated that the government would give its reply to the former ruling party after the completion of seven working days.
He said that in our opinion the fourth meeting was scheduled at the end of the third meeting.
His statement came after the PTI chairman directed Gauhar not to hold a fourth meeting with the coalition government if a judicial commission was not formed as per the party’s demand.
Meanwhile, the PTI chairman, speaking to reporters outside Parliament today, reiterated that the negotiation process would not go ahead if neither of his two demands were accepted by the Treasury.
“Negotiations are a democratic process that must take place,” Gauhar said, urging the government to end the conflict through serious and sincere negotiations.
To a question regarding Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the PTI lawmaker said that the new American president is the choice of American citizens.
He clarified the allegations against the jailed former prime minister and his party of seeking foreign support to avoid legal troubles. Rejected.
Negotiations between PTI Govt
It should be noted that the former ruling party is currently negotiating with the federal government on its demands, which include the release of its founder Imran and other PTI leaders and supporters from jail.
The party submitted its demands in writing to the government’s negotiating committee, calling for an investigation into the incidents of 9 May 2023 and 26 November 2024, as well as the release of “political prisoners”. .
The PTI’s ‘Charter of Demands’, available with Geo News, also stated that the party would not continue talks if the government failed to form two separate commissions on violent incidents.
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif constituted a committee comprising members of all ruling parties to review the demands submitted by the main opposition party. This development was confirmed by Assistant Prime Minister on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah last week.
