Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday denied holding talks with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) regarding its Islamabad protest, denying party founder Imran Khan’s claims of receiving an offer from the government for negotiations .
Speaking to media persons after attending a hearing at the Islamabad High Court, the interior minister said: “No talks are taking place as negotiations are not held under threats.” Naqvi said that he was in favour of talks, however, holding talks after giving threats is not possible.
The development comes after the former prime minister said he had received an “offer” via top party leaders to postpone his much-hyped Islamabad protest, slated for Nov 24.
The PTI founder said that he was told “everything will be alright” if he accepted the offer. “[I] received an offer via Barrister Gohar and [KP CM] Gandapur to postpone the protest and everything will be alright,” he said. “No negotiations are taking place with the PTI founder,” the interior minister said.
