RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) negotiation team has been given a go-ahead to meet the party’s incarcerated founder, Imran Khan, at Adiala jail today to discuss the ongoing talks with the government, the sources told Geo News on Thursday.
The insiders revealed that the team will brief the former prime minister on the first round of talks with the government, held on Monday, and consult him on future strategy in the meeting slated for 2pm today.
The development came as Senator Irfan Siddiqui, part of the government’s negotiation panel, confirmed on Tuesday that they had approved the PTI’s team’s demand to consult Khan.
The much-anticipated negotiation process finally began earlier this week in Islamabad, following months of heightened political tensions between the PTI and the government.
The second round of talks is slated for January 2 with the PTI set to present its written demands.
The current government-PTI talks are being held following the latter’s last month’s announcement of a civil disobedience movement if their demands of release of all political prisoners — including Khan — and the formation of a judicial commission for investigating the May 9 riots and the November 26 incident.
This is a developing story and is being updated with more details.
