The president of Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI), lawyer Gohar Khan, accused the government of deliberately avoiding negotiations and ignoring the lawsuit of the party of a judicial commission.
In statements to the media outside Rawalpindi Kacheri on Wednesday, Gohar said that PTI had formally requested a judicial commission to address the key concerns, but the government did not respond. “They did not want the conversations to be carried out or to take a resolution,” he said.
In addition, he claimed that the authorities deliberately delayed the commitment, stating: “We present our demands, but the government did not take serious measures. If they were sincere, they would have provided a timely response.”
According to him, the officials had promised an answer on January 28 at a meeting of the committee room, but PTI was not informed of any decision in advance.
Gohar emphasized that his party began the dialogue process despite facing intense political pressure. “Our leader, Imran Khan, is still our president today and will remain in the future,” he said.
He also clarified that PTI’s only point of contact had been the head of the Army and denied having gathered someone else in the negotiations.
When commenting on legal matters, Gohar mentioned that his case was presented before the interim judge Zeba Chaudhry, who scheduled the next hearing.
“We hope that a permanent judge will be designated soon so that the process can advance,” he said, adding that PTI leader, Latif Khosa, had written a solid legal case.
He reiterated that the prominent figures would not influence the judicial process, saying: “No one is above the law. The court will decide based on legal merit.”
Gohar headed to journalists after appearing in the Court with PTI lawyers regarding a private complaint related to the protest of November 26 of the party. The case remains under judicial review.
Govt keeps the door of the door while PTI finishes the conversations
On Tuesday, the Government maintained the door for dialogue with the opposition Ajar despite the announcement of the Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday that the conversations process was over, since its negotiation team did not appear in the Parliament House for a Parliament house for a fourth round.
The president of the National Assembly, Ayaz Sadiq, who played a crucial role in bringing representatives of the ruling coalition led by the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) and the PTI of the opposition at the negotiating table, had invited both sides to the fourth round of conversations Tuesday.
However, the PTI boycotted the meeting. Later, the government’s side announced that its negotiation committee would wait until January 31 and if the PTI reversed its decision to end the conversations, the process could be resumed.
Previously, the president of the PTI, the lawyer Gohaha Ali Khan, while talking outside the Adiala prison after a meeting with the founder of the party, Imran Khan, announced that the negotiations with the government had ended, and added that his party was He joined the negotiations with an open heart, but those could not advance.
The negotiation between the Government and the opposition began on December 23, 2024, in order to find a solution to the political and economic problems facing the country, in addition to solving the long -standing spiny problems between the two parties.
However, the process hit a hitch just after three sessions. The PTI had presented its letter of demands to the government in the third round, which, demanded, among other things, the formation of separated judicial commissions on May 9, 2023 and November 26, 2024 incidents.
In addition, the judicial commissions, PTI’s letter also sought the “support” of federal and provincial governments on bail, suspensions of sentences and absolute of “political prisoners” identified by the PTI. He said that these demands were presented as a “prerequisite for broader negotiations” on other issues.
However, seven days after the third round, the founder of PTI abruptly canceled the dialogue, with the argument that the Government had not accepted its demands for the commission within a week. A day later, the lawyer Gohar deviated from the statement and said that Imran had put the conversations waiting.
