PTI presented ‘charter of demands’ after 3rd round of talks with govt: NA speaker

Islamabad: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) presented its demands to the government in written form, National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq announced on Thursday.

Talking to the media alongside PML-N Senator Irfan Siddiqui, the speaker said that the third round of negotiations between the two began earlier and that the talks were heading in the “right direction”.

Sadiq further said that Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Omar Ayub presented the Charter of Demands to him which were then distributed to the members.

Reading out a statement, Siddiqui said that the PTI has demanded to meet their party founder Imran Khan in Adiala Jail in a transparent and open atmosphere. The government committee, in response, assured that it would formally address the opposition’s demands within seven days, the senator added.

Opposition leader, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, PTI MNA Asad Qaiser, Sunni Ittehad Council chief Hamid Raza, Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen chief Senator Raja Nasir Abbas Jafri and PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja attended from the opposition.