As opposition parties manage to a fresh wave of nationwide protests after Eidul Fitr, the government on Tuesday, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s offer to convey with Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) accepted and initiated dialogue to solve continuous political tensions.

The development came a day after Bilawal, during a speech in the Governor House in Lahore, suggested his party’s role as a neutral facilitator between rival political forces.

“I have informed the Prime Minister that PPP is willing to act as a bridge between political forces to promote dialogue and cooperation,” Bilawal had said. He also repeated his party’s openness to dialogue with the government to encourage constructive discussions.

Confirmation of the relocation said adviser to the Prime Minister about political and public affairs Rana Sanaullah during a performance on local media, “The government has accepted Bilawal’s mediation offering and assigned him the responsibility for holding conversations with PTI.”

He added, “If Bilawal gets insurance from PTI to attend the meeting, there is no problem reconsidering the national security committee meeting.”

In its Lahore address, Bilawal urged the federal government to engage all political stakeholders, including those who were living the last high-level meeting on national security, in a renewed effort to counter terrorism.

“Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif should convene another meeting, even though after a month … We hope to build a national consensus to combat terrorism,” he claimed.

Sanaullah recognized PPP’s role in the ruling coalition and said that bringing PTI to the negotiating table would be a collective performance. “It would be their common success if Bilawal succeeds in bringing PTI to the negotiating table,” he noted.