National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has called a meeting of negotiating committee representing the government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday at 11:30 in the parliament.

According to a statement from the speaker’s office, the meeting will take place in Committee Room 5 and will be held in camera. The PTI is expected to present its written demands during the session.

The meeting date was revised from January 15 to January 16 at the request of committee members. “The change was made after consultations with members from both sides,” said chairman Ayaz Sadiq.

Sources confirm that contact between the government and PTI resumed recently. Former speaker Asad Qaiser reportedly discussed the negotiation process with Ayaz Sadiq over phone and agreed on a date for the upcoming meeting.

This marks the first formal interaction between PTI representatives and the speaker after consultations with PTI’s leadership, including its founder.

The speaker facilitated PTI’s delegation in meeting party chief Imran Khan at Adiala Jail to discuss negotiation strategies. PTI’s committee spokesperson Sahibzada Hamid Raza stressed that the party is demanding a judicial inquiry into the May 9 and November 26 incidents.

“We have given the government until 31 January to publish the inquiry. If this is not successful, the negotiations may come to an end,” he warned.

The negotiation process marks an attempt to resolve the ongoing political tensions, where both parties have previously held two rounds of negotiations without a significant breakthrough.