ISLAMABAD: The government negotiation committee spokesperson, Senator Irfan Siddiqui had asked the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to review its decision of ending the fourth round of the negotiations.
Speaking to media outside the parliament house, Senator Siddiqui said: “The seven-day deadline will be ended on January 28. Our committee has been formed and the work is being underway. It took six weeks to the PTI to come up with its demand.”
“But the PTI is seeking the government’s response in a week. The PTI should had wait for the reply after approaching the government,” said Siddiqui.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) stalwart said: “The PTI needs to think that where the party will stand after ending the talks with the government. Will the PTI repeat the events like May 9 or Novemeber 26.”
“If the PTI has decided to end the negotiations so then the onus lies on the party to inform the government in a written form,” he said.
Siddiqui said: “The process of the negotiation was started at the will of the PTI. It was the PTI, who first made the negotiation committee, following which the PML-N had formed the committee.”
“The allies are also the part of the negotiation committee. The three rounds of the talks had been held from December 5 and January 16,” he added.
Siddiqui said: “What the PTI has done [deciding to end the talks] is deplorable. What has happened in these seven days that the PTI has decided to end the talks.”
“The PTI’s deadline has not over yet and the party has ended the talks desperately in the same way it had come to hold the talks with the government,” said Siddiqui.
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