Senior Vice President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday said that the party will submit a detailed report of the talks with the ruling coalition in the Supreme Court today.
Fawad wrote on his Twitter handle that the party will also request the Supreme Court to implement its order [April 4 verdict] regarding the Punjab Assembly elections.
تحریک انصاف آج سپریم کورٹ میں PDM اتحاد سے مذاکرات کی تفصیلی رپورٹ جمع کروا رہی ہے، استدعا کی جا رہی ہے کہ پنجاب اسمبلی کے انتخابات سے متعلق سپریم کورٹ اپنے حکم پر عملدرآمد کروائے
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) May 3, 2023
The development comes after talks between the government and the PTI ended on Tuesday after leaders from both sides failed to reach a consensus on the date of dissolution of assemblies and holding of general elections in the country.
After the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) initially postponed the elections in Punjab till October 8 due to lack of funds and lack of security, government officials after the Supreme Court intervened in the matter. And the PTI leaders sat at the table. Announced that the elections will be held on April 30.
Later, the Supreme Court suggested to the political parties that they should reach a consensus on conducting the elections simultaneously across the country or else the court will pronounce its decision.
‘More rounds of talks will remain meaningless’
Talking to a private channel, PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that he tried to take the matter forward in good faith, adding that Finance Minister Ishaq Dar admitted that the party had shown flexibility. .
He said that we showed flexibility for national consensus.
Qureshi revealed that the government has a three-point agenda which includes:
- Elections should be held on the same date across the country
- Elections should be held under caretaker government
- The election results should be accepted by all parties.
The PTI leader further said that PTI’s position is clear that the elections should be held on May 14 as directed by the Supreme Court.
Qureshi, who a day earlier had accused Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of trying to sabotage the talks, reiterated that factions in the ruling coalition did everything possible to influence the talks.
Recalling the remarks and stance of Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Khawaja Asif and Javed Latif regarding Tehreek-e-Insaf and negotiations, Qureshi said that despite the attitudes and statements of these leaders, “we tried to bring the nation out of this chaotic situation.” can go”.
He said that on the one hand negotiations were conducted, on the other hand raids were conducted on the houses of our leaders.
The former foreign minister revealed that the PTI delegation tried to understand the government’s approach and also resolved legal hurdles as per the constitution.
“We will now submit a report to the Supreme Court summarizing the three rounds of talks conducted on the direction of the apex court,” he said, adding that he would inform the judiciary that the results were not yet available. Are coming.
He further said that if the mindset of the ruling coalition remains the same, further rounds of negotiations will remain meaningless.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that we will urge the Supreme Court to take a decision according to the constitution and assure that the people will defend this order.
Inside details of the talks
Hours after the meeting ended, sources revealed internal details of the talks, claiming the ruling coalition was ready to show more flexibility on the election date.
“Both the parties have agreed to continue talks after the report is submitted to the Supreme Court,” sources told JEE News, adding that talks could resume once the Supreme Court verdict is announced.
After the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) initially postponed the elections in Punjab till October 8 due to lack of funds and lack of security, government officials after the Supreme Court intervened in the matter. And the PTI leaders sat at the table. Announced that the elections will be held on April 30.
Later, the Supreme Court suggested to the political parties that they should reach a consensus on conducting the elections simultaneously across the country or else the court will pronounce its decision.
After the end of the third day of talks, sources say that the delegation representing the coalition government categorically rejected the PTI’s proposal to dissolve the assemblies before May 14.
Assemblies cannot be dissolved before the federal budget is presented, sources said, adding that the PTI has partially agreed on it.
Further, he said that the PTI urged the coalition government to bring unity among all factions as the statements and behavior of some leaders of the ruling coalition were creating mistrust between the two parties.
The PTI delegation was led by Shah Mehmood Qureshi and included Fawad and Senator Ali Zafar.
Meanwhile, the government team includes former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, Fin Min Dar, Law Minister Senator Azam Nazir Tarar, Railway Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique, Commerce Minister Naveed Qamar, National Food Security and Research Minister Tariq Bashir Cheema and leaders of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan. were included. Kishore Zahra
