PTI Chairman Advocate Gohar Ali Khan on Friday said there are currently no negotiations or talks between the party and the federal government or the military establishment.
Last year, talks between the government and the PTI began in the last week of December to lower the political temperature, but despite weeks of negotiations, the dialogue process made little progress on important issues: the formation of a judicial commission and the release of PTI prisoners.
From December to January, the PML-N-led coalition and PTI accused each other of derailing negotiations and lacking seriousness. A much-demanded meeting of the PTI team with party founder and former Prime Minister Imran Khan at Adiala Jail on January 12 paved the way for a third round of talks. However, the PTI decided to boycott the fourth round of talks with the government, a day after announcing that Imran had issued instructions to suspend negotiations due to a delay in the formation of judicial commissions.
speaking in Dawn News On the ‘Doosra Rukh’ programme, the PTI president denied that talks were taking place and said it was “unfortunate” that political issues were not being resolved with political solutions. He also recalled the history of talks between the PTI and the government, which did not bear fruit.
“When we announced that our mandate was stolen in March 2024, [Imran] Khan sahib We formed a committee to hold talks, but when talks didn’t happen, people said, ‘You only want to talk to the establishment,'” Gohar said.
“Khan sahib he said that [Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chief] Mahmood Khan Achakzai sahib we should have conversations; If you bring us an offer, we will consider it,” he added.
The PTI president noted that another committee was formed on November 26, but recalled that no talks took place and said the government “did not take the issue seriously.”
“Even when we and the government formed committees after November 26, we could not meet for two weeks,” he said. “They didn’t want to meet us after that. Under these circumstances, we didn’t want to sit and gossip for a photo.”
“We wanted to bring some issues to the table because we understood that if we found a political solution to the political problems facing the country, it would be much better for democracy, for the House and it would be better for both parties if we progressed in this way. But it didn’t happen, so the matter didn’t move forward.”
Talking about the military operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gohar said the PTI held multiple all-party conferences on the issue and held them in January, July and September this year.
“Our press releases refer to operations based on intelligence, but there can be no collateral damage or politicization,” he explained. “People displaced in previous operations have not yet rebuilt their homes.”
