Pakistan president Tehreek-e-insaf (PTI), lawyer Gohar Khan, accused the government of having deliberately avoided negotiations and ignoring the party’s request for a judicial commission.
Addressing the media outside Rawalpindi Kacheri on Wednesday, Gohar said that PTI had officially asked for a judicial commission to respond to the main concerns, but that the government had not responded. “They did not want discussions to occur or lead to a resolution,” he said.
He also allegedly alleged that the authorities deliberately delayed the commitment, declaring: “We presented our requests, but the government did not take any serious measure. If they were sincere, they would have provided a timely response.”
According to him, the officials had promised a response to January 28 at a committee room meeting, but PTI was not informed of any decision in advance.
Gohar stressed that his party had initiated the dialogue process despite intense political pressure. “Our chef, Imran Khan, remains our president today and will continue to be in the future,” he said.
He also clarified that the only point of contact with PTI had been the army leader and denied having met someone else in the negotiations.
Commenting on the legal issues, Gohar said that their business had been presented before the acting judge Zeba Chaudhry, who has planned the next hearing.
“We hope that a permanent judge will soon be appointed so that the process can move forward,” he said, adding that the senior PTI official Khosa had written a strong legal affair.
He reiterated that important figures would not influence the judicial process, affirming: “No one is above the law. The court will decide on the basis of legal merit.”
Gohar addressed journalists after appearing in court with PTI lawyers for a private complaint linked to the party’s November 26 demonstration. The case remains in the process of judicial examination.
Govt keeps the door ajar while PTI ends
Tuesday, the government kept the door of dialogue with the upheaval opposition despite the announcement of Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaf (PTI) on Tuesday that the talks process had ended, because its negotiation team did not appear in Parliament for a fourth round.
The president of the National Assembly, Ayaz Sadiq, who played a crucial role in bringing him representatives of the Coalition Manager led by the Pakistani Muslim League (PML-N) and the opposition PTI at the negotiation table, had invited the two parties for the fourth round of discussions on the discussions on Tuesday.
However, the PTI boycotted the meeting. Later, the government party announced that its negotiation committee would wait until January 31 and if the PTI reversed its decision to end the talks, the process could resume.
Earlier, the president of the PTI, lawyer Gohar Ali Khan, while speaking outside the Adiala prison after a meeting with the founder of the party, Imran Khan, announced that negotiations with the government had taken At the end, adding that his party had joined the negotiations with an open heart, but they could not move forward.
The negotiation between the government and the opposition began on December 23, 2024, with a view to finding a solution to the political and economic problems facing the country, as well as to solve the long -time thorny problems between the two parties.
However, the process struck a hitch right after three sessions. The PTI had presented its charter for requests to the government in the third round, which, among other things, required the training of distinct judicial commissions on May 9, 2023 and November 26, 2024.
In addition, the judicial commissions, the PTI charter also asked for the “support” of the federal and provincial governments in the release on bond, the suspensions of conviction and the acquittals of “political prisoners” identified by the PTI. He said these requests were presented as a “prerequisite for wider negotiations” on other questions.
However, seven days after the third round, the founder of the PTI suddenly canceled the dialogue, on the grounds that the government had not accepted its commission requests within one week. A day later, lawyer Gohar has dismissed the declaration and said that Imran had suspended the talks.
