- Achakzai stresses that discussions should focus on a clear roadmap.
- He believes that successful negotiations should lead to elections within four months.
- No conditions set for negotiations, only demands presented: Gohar.
Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai has urged the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to postpone its planned civil disobedience movement.
In conversation with Geo News On Saturday, Achakzai, chairman of the opposition alliance Tehreek Tahafuz Ayeen-e-Pakistan (TTAP), stressed the importance of dialogue with the government to resolve the country’s pressing problems.
Achakzai stressed that discussions should focus on a clear roadmap for when the government will resign. He said: “If problems can be resolved through dialogue, there is nothing better than that. However, if the talks fail, the movement will have to continue. »
He further proposed that successful negotiations lead to elections within four months. Achakzai also announced plans to visit Peshawar tomorrow at the invitation of PTI to offer prayers for Kurram and PTI martyrs.
Meanwhile, PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar said that although no conditions were set for the negotiations, demands were certainly being made.
Speaking to the media in Islamabad, lawyer Gohar criticized the handling of the November protest, noting: “Such incidents have happened across the world, but no shots were fired during the protests. Here, the tear gas fire began before the demonstrators could even gather.
He reiterated PTI’s commitment to dialogue, recalling that party founder Imran Khan had earlier advocated for negotiations. He noted, however, that previous negotiations had been interrupted before reaching a critical stage.
The PTI chairman added: “Enough is enough. It is time to move the country towards betterment.”
The PTI has threatened to launch a civil disobedience movement if the government does not engage in serious negotiations, a move that angered Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who called it “enmity with Pakistan.” .
The incarcerated founder of the PTI, Imran Khan – in an article on PTI and release of its “political prisoners” – are not satisfied.
The deposed prime minister also constituted a five-member negotiating committee comprising Omar Ayub Khan, Ali Amin Gandapur, Sahibzada Hamid Raza, Salman Akram Raja and Asad Qaiser.
The committee, he said, would negotiate with the federal government on two points: the release of “political prisoners” to be tried and the establishment of a judicial commission to investigate the events of May 9, 2023, and a nighttime repression against the PTI. demonstrators on November 26.
Meanwhile, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has challenged the former ruling party to stand firm on its recently announced civil disobedience movement after attempts to “attack” the capital failed.
Later, in a bid to create an “atmosphere of reconciliation” and defuse the prevailing political tensions in the country amid the PTI’s threat of civil disobedience, the former ruling party and the government reportedly agreed to use the forum parliamentarian to negotiate.
However, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Rana Sanaullah on Friday revealed that the government is yet to receive an official message from the PTI regarding the initiation of the dialogue process, despite claims by the rival party that he had formed a negotiating committee.
On the other hand, senior PTI leader Qaiser also clarified on Friday that his party was not engaged in any negotiations with the government, dismissing reports suggesting that dialogue could have started.