The Pakistan Tehreek-Insaf (PTI) has demanded “unfettered access” to jailed party founder Imran Khan to continue serious negotiations with the government.
Addressing a joint press conference flanked by PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja and chairman, Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Omar Ayub said: “During the second round of talks, our negotiation team had asked the government team to arrange their an unmonitored and unfettered meeting with PTI fonder Imran Khan.”
“There should be no monitoring during the meeting [between PTI leadership and the former prime minister in Adiala Jail].”Play Video
After months of a political tug-of-war, the coalition government and the embattled PTI finally came to table last month to defuse tensions, with the Khan-founded party initially putting forth two initial demands: the release of all political prisoners and a judicial probe into the events of May 9 and November 26.
During the two round of talks —held with NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq, the PTI negotiation team sought frequent meetings with party founder to finalise the “charter of demands”.
Despite the PTI has been quite vocal about their key demands but the party did not share its demands with the government committee in writing.
Currently, the ongoing negotiation process is facing a stalemate as the PTI leadership was denied permission to meet the PTI founder by the authorities concerned.
The key opposition party claimed that they have not been allowed to meet Khan by Adiala jail authorities, while the government cited the former ruling party’s inability to present a written charter of demand leading to the NA speaker’s hesitance in calling a third meeting, added the sources.
