Islamabad, January 21,2025: Amid a seven-day ultimatum given by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan to continue talks with the government, Prime Minister’s Adviser on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah said on Tuesday that a sub-committee was formed by the government’s negotiation committee to respond to the opposition party’s charter of demands.
Sanaullah made the statement after attending a session of the government’s negotiation committee held under the chair of National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq at his office earlier today.We will give the government’s response to the opposition in the next meeting, the PM’s aide told reporters at the lower house, adding that the sub-committee was reviewing the former ruling party’s demands.
When questioned about ex-premier Khan’s seven-day deadline for judicial commission, Sanaullah said that they were independent to deliver statements and make their moves, however, the government side would hand over its “written reply”.
To another question regarding the government’s plan to launch a judicial probe into the May 9 and November 26 events, he replied that the PTI would be apprised about the government’s response on judicial commission.
A day ago, PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan had announced that he received directives from the party’s founder to halt ongoing dialogue process with the government if it failed to form judicial commission on May 9, 2023, and November 26, 2024, events.
Senator Irfan Siddiqui, spokesperson of the government’s negotiation committee, said that the participants of today’s session have not taken a final decision to constitute a judicial commission on the PTI’s demand.He said that the meeting, attended by all representatives from seven parties of the ruling coalition, reviewed the PTI’s charter of demands, however, no opinion has been established on it.
