Talking to the media, the former NA speaker said that the PTI has demanded the end of unlawful measures, the release of the PTI’s founder, other leaders, and party workers along with a judicial inquiry of May 09 and November 26 incidents by the senior judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
“We want to remove the country of hardships, thus suggesting a way out,” Asad Qaiser said. “We will see, the government is how much serious,” he observed.
“We didn’t demand any guarantee and will act according to the Parliament,” he added.
The government sought a charter of demands from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) as the maiden round of talks between the sides concluded in the National Assembly.
Speaker of National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq presided over the meeting in which the representatives of the government and PTI discussed the headways of the current political situation.
The government committee comprised of Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, Rana Tanveer Hussain, Irfan Siddiqui, Aleem Khan, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Naveed Qamar, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui and Farooq Sattar.
The opposition committee included Asad Qaiser, Hamid Raza, and Raja Nasir Abbas.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur could not attend the first round of negotiations due to his engagement in a cabinet meeting.
Opposition leader Omar Ayub was also not able to participate in the talks due to his court appearance.
The next meeting will be held on January 2.
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