- The other side did not display good will or intention, explains Omar Ayub.
- He deplores the non-compliance with Govt to demonstrate a firm commitment in the talks.
- The role of the speaker limited to facilitation clarifies Na spokesperson.
Islamabad: the head of the opposition of the National Assembly of Tehreek-E-insaf (PTI), Omar Ayub Khan, excluded the possibility of resumption of dialogue between the former ruling party and the outgoing government, The news reported on Sunday.
“The market chapter is now closed,” said Ayub on Saturday, adding that political negotiations were not based on simple wishes but required firm commitments, which the government has not demonstrated.
Center The approach of the Coalition Government towards talks, who now seem to collapse, the senior PTI official declared that the committee of his party had initiated discussions in good faith, but that the other side had displayed Good will or intention, which led to an impasse.
His remarks come into the context of the negotiations between the PTI and the leading government – which began at the end of December after months of increased political tensions – has not attended any notable progress despite the two parties organizing three negotiation sessions.
The PTI, which also presented its written charter for requests, refused to attend the fourth cycle of talks citing the government’s failure to form a judicial commission to investigate the riots of May 9 and the demonstrations of November 2024.
Since then, the festival based on Imran Khan has alluded to the bustle and even organized a gathering in Swabi of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa one day earlier to observe the “ Black Day ” Saturday – against the presumed rigging during the general elections Last year.
With the future of parliays left uncertain, a spokesperson for the National Assembly said that President Ayaz Sadiq had not officially invited the PTI for negotiations but simply declared that, as a goalkeeper, Its doors remain open to all members.
Responding to a statement by the PTI AYUB, the spokesperson said that an official invitation for talks would only be extended if the government be requested by the government or the opposition. He reiterated that the speaker’s role was to facilitate dialogue and that his room and residence remain accessible to all legislators.
Separately, echoing Ayub’s remarks on the future of talks, the senator from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), IRFAN SIDDIQIs, also said that the government’s negotiation committee had become “practically non-functional and ineffective”.
In a press release on X, he said that the committee was officially dissolved, it was no longer operational. He noted that the PTI unilaterally withdrew from the negotiation process and subsequently rejected the Prime Minister’s offer to reconsider their position.
The senator accused the PTI of returning to his “violent protest field” and said that if the party later decides to engage in talks, the government could reassess its options at that time.
Meanwhile, the president of the PTI, lawyer Gohar Ali Khan, said that the party was not looking for an intervention with a country, including the United States, for the release of its founder.
“We do not ask any country, including the United States, for the release of Khan. He has made no agreement and will not conclude any agreement.
“As Khan said himself, we negotiate not for an agreement, but for Pakistan and democracy,” Gohar said in a statement.
