Former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry has reiterated the importance of dialogue, stressing that negotiations are crucial for the country’s stability.
He urged President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to take an active role in leading the negotiation process.
After attending court proceedings, Chaudhry told the media that the entire PTI leadership, including Shah Mahmood Qureshi, is in favor of talks.
Criticizing the government, he accused it of relying on “daily spectacles” to maintain relevance and questioned how the country could function while citizens faced sentences totaling “thousands of years.”
He also expressed disappointment over what he called the opposition’s lack of seriousness and urged party leaders to demonstrate courage if they had truly accepted responsibility.
The premier has given the go-ahead to National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq to proceed with negotiations between the government and PTI, sources said on Wednesday, a significant development in efforts to cool political temperatures.
Parliamentary sources said that the government side has agreed to take part in the talks at the speaker’s request. However, discussions will only be held with PTI’s elected representatives, while no engagement is planned with unelected party figures.
Despite the government’s readiness, the sources said, no PTI leader has yet formally approached the office of the Speaker to begin the negotiation process, and initial outreach remains pending from the opposition’s side.
Source: Express Tribune
