Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) President Barrister Gohar Khan has accused the government of deliberately avoiding negotiations and ignoring the party’s demand for a legal commission.
In a speech with the media outside Rawalpindi Kaceri on Wednesday, Gohar said PTI had formally requested a legal commission to tackle the main concerns, but the government did not respond. “They didn’t want conversations to take place or lead to a decision,” he claimed.
He also claimed that the authorities deliberately delayed commitment and said, “We presented our demands, but the government took no serious steps. If they were sincere, they would have given a timely answer.”
According to him, officials had promised a response before January 28 at a committee room meeting, but PTI was not informed of any decision in advance.
Gohar emphasized that his party began the dialogue process despite facing intensive political pressure. “Our leader, Imran Khan, remains our chairman today and will continue to be in the future,” he claimed.
He also clarified that PTI’s only point of contact had been the army chief and refused to meet someone else in the negotiations.
In a comment on legal questions, Gohar mentioned that their case was presented to acting judge Zeba Chaudhry, who planned the next hearing.
“We hope a permanent judge will soon be appointed so that the process can move forward,” he said, adding that senior PTI leader Latif Khosa had prepared a strong legal case.
He reiterated that prominent numbers would not have an impact on the legal process and said, “No one is above the law. The court will decide on the basis of legal profits.”
Gohar approached journalists after appearing in court with PTI lawyers regarding a private complaint related to the party’s protest November 26. The case remains under legal review.
Govt keeps the door Ajar as PTI ends conversations
On Tuesday, the government on Tuesday the door to dialogue with the opposition, despite the announcement from Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI), kept on Tuesday that the negotiation process had ended when its negotiating team did not appear in the House of Parliament for a fourth round.
National Assembly speaker Ayaz Sadiq, who played a crucial role in bringing representatives of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)-LED-LEGNING COALITION and opposition PTI at negotiating table on Tuesday.
However, PTI Boikoted the meeting. Later, the government page announced that its negotiating committee would wait until January 31, and if PTI turned his decision to end the conversations, the process could resume.
Earlier, PTI chairman Barristrister Gohar Ali Khan, while talking outside the Adiala prison after a meeting with the party’s founder, Imran Khan, announced.
The negotiation between the government and the opposition started on December 23, 2024, in order to find a solution to the political and economic issues facing the country, as well as to run the long -standing thorny questions between the two sides.
However, the process hit a disadvantage just after three meetings. PTI had presented its charter on the government requirements in the third round, which, among other things, required the formation of separate legal commissions on May 9, 2023 and November 26, 2024 incidents.
In addition, the legal commissions, the PTI -Charter, also sought “support” of the federal and provincial governments of bail, sentencing and acquittal of “political prisoners” identified by PTI. It said these requirements were presented as a “prerequisite for broader negotiations” on other issues.
Seven days after the third round, however, the PTI founder suddenly interrupted the dialogue, on the grounds that the government had not accepted its demands for the Commission within a week. One day later, Barrister Gohar differs from the statement and said IMRAN had put the negotiations on.