- On the side did not show good will or intention, says Omar Ayub.
- He regrets government failure to demonstrate a firm commitment in conversations.
- The role of the speaker limited to facilitation clarifies Na spokesman.
Islamabad: The opposition leader of the National Assembly of Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI), Omar Ayub Khan, has ruled out the possibility of resuming the dialogue between the former ruling party and the titular government, The news reported on Sunday.
“The chapter of the conversations is now closed,” said Ayub on Saturday, added that political negotiations were not based on simple wishes, but required firm commitments, which the government did not demonstrate.
Censoring the coalition government approach to the conversations, which now seem to have collapsed, PTI Senior leader said that the committee of his party had initiated discussions in good faith, but the other side showed no good will or intention, which led to a dead point.
Their comments are presented in the context of the negotiations between the PTI and the ruling government, which began at the end of December after months of high political tensions, could not witness any remarkable progress despite the two parties that have three negotiation sessions .
The PTI, who also presented his written letter of demands, refused to attend the fourth round of conversations citing the government’s failure to form a judicial commission to investigate the disturbances of May 9 and the protests of November 2024.
Since then, the party founded by Imran Khan has hinted at the agitation and even celebrated a rally at the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s swab one day before to observe the ‘Black Day’ on Saturday, against the alleged rig in the general elections of last year.
With the future of the uncertain parleys, a spokesman for the National Assembly has clarified that President Ayaz Sadiq had not formally invited the PTI to the negotiations, but simply declared that, such as the custodian of the Chamber, its doors remain open to all The members.
In response to a PTI’s Ayub statement, the spokesman said that a formal invitation for conversations would only be extended if the government or opposition requests it. He reiterated that the speaker’s role was to facilitate dialogue and that both his camera and his residence remain accessible to all legislators.
Separately, echoing Ayub’s comments on the future of conversations, the Senator of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) Irfan Siddiqui also said that the Government’s negotiation committee had become “practically not functional and ineffective. “
In a statement about X, he said, regardless of whether the committee was formally dissolved, he was no longer operational. He pointed out that the PTI unilaterally withdrew from the negotiation process and subsequently rejected the offer of the prime minister to reconsider his position.
The senator accused the PTI of returning to his “native land of violent protests” and declared that if the party then decides to participate in conversations, the government can reassess its options at that time.
Meanwhile, the president of the PTI, the lawyer Gohar Ali Khan, clarified that the party was not looking for intervention from any country, including the United States, for the launch of its founder.
“We are not asking any country, including the United States, for the launch of Khan. He has not made any agreement and has not achieved any treatment.
“As Khan himself said, we are negotiating not by an agreement, but by Pakistan and democracy,” Gohar said in a statement.
