Efforts underway to invite PM Shehbaz Sharif, Imran Khan to all parties’ conference

Lahore: The efforts are underway to invite Prime Minister Shehbaz sharif and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to all parties’ conference to deliberate on the elections’ date, the sources privy to the development said on Sunday.

The sources said that all parties conference would be held on one point soon after Eid-ul-Fitre.

“Khawaja Saad Rafique and Ayaz Sadiq were tasked for the talks with the Jamat-e-Islami as the mediator,” said the sources adding that the efforts were underway to invite both Imran Khan and Shehbaz Sharif to the all parties conference.

Jamat-e-Islami would lead the negotiations between both the PTI and the coalition government.

Earlier in the day, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Sunday directed to form a three-member committee for negotiation with Jamat-e-Islami Pakistan (JIP), while having a meeting with JIP delegation.

According to notification issued by PTI, Pervaiz Khattak, Senator Ejaz Ahmed Chaudhary and Mian Mehmood-ur-Rasheed are the members of the committee.

The sources said that the committee would hold talks with JIP regarding ongoing political crisis in the country.

The delegation of JIP led by Siraj-ul-Haq on Saturday called on Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and then Imran Khan. Both the parties agreed for negotiation in meetings with Jamat-e-Islami Pakistan.