PML-N Senator Irfan Siddiqui on Sunday, referring to PTI’s fresh demands for “Imran Khan’s release via executive order and inclusion of real decision-makers in talks” warned that the party’s shifting stance could jeopardise the ongoing negotiations aimed at easing political tensions in the country.
Speaking to journalists, the PML-N senator said the former ruling party had yet to submit a written list of demands to the government’s team, despite assurances given by the PTI during the first round of talks last month.
Reacting to a statement by PTI senior leader and former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser, the senator remarked, “It seems the PTI leadership is not on the same page regarding sharing their demands in writing with the government.” Senator Siddiqui noted that Qaiser’s latest comments suggested he was struggling to fulfil promises and assurances made to the government’s team during the previous two rounds of negotiations.
Irfan Siddiqui noted that PTI had not raised this demand in the previous two rounds of talks. “The dialogue process won’t move forward positively if PTI keeps changing its stance,” he said.
Meanwhile, Qaiser, speaking to a private TV channel, said that PTI’s demands were clear and described submitting them in writing as “just a formality.” He added that clarity would emerge in the third round of talks, expected this week.
