Premier has given green light to NA chairman to proceed with inter-govt talks, PTI
LAHORE:
Former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry has reiterated the need for dialogue and emphasized that negotiations are essential for the country’s stability.
He urged President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to take ownership of the negotiation process.
Speaking to the media after attending the trial, Chaudhry said the entire PTI leadership, including Shah Mahmood Qureshi, supported negotiations.
He criticized the government, claiming it relied on “daily spectacles” to stay relevant and questioned how the country could function while people faced sentences totaling “thousands of years”.
He also expressed disappointment at what he described as the opposition’s lack of seriousness and called on party leaders to show courage if they had accepted responsibility.
The premier has given the go-ahead to National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq to proceed with talks between the government and the PTI, sources said on Wednesday, a significant development in efforts to cool political temperatures.
Parliamentary sources said the government side has agreed to participate in the talks at the speaker’s request. However, discussions will only take place with PTI’s elected officials, while no engagement with unelected party figures is planned.
Despite the government’s readiness, the sources said, no PTI leader has yet formally approached the Speaker’s office to begin the negotiation process and initial outreach efforts are still pending from the opposition.
