PTI accepts government’s invitation for meeting, talks scheduled for tomorrow

Add ARY News on GoogleFollow on Google DiscoverFile PhotoAAResizeISLAMABAD: The government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have agreed to hold a meeting tomorrow as contacts between the two sides begin for political talks, ARY News reported.

According to PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, the government sent him a message yesterday inviting the PTI to a meeting.

Barrister Gohar said the PTI had accepted the invitation in light of the decisions taken during the opposition meeting.

The meeting between the opposition and government delegations will be held tomorrow at 12pm at the office of National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq.

He said both sides would discuss important political issues during the meeting.

Meanwhile, differences emerged between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Tehreek Tahafuz-e-Aain Pakistan leadership over the postponement of the September 27 long march.

Sources in the Tehreek Tahafuz-e-Aain Pakistan said the leadership was neither taken into confidence over the consultation on the September 27 long march nor informed about its postponement.

The PTI leadership did not share where the long march was supposed to start from and where it was supposed to end, the sources said.

They said the PTI leadership neither formed a coordination committee for the long march nor did any preparations appear to be underway.

There was also no administrative committee or finance committee for the long march, according to the sources.

The Tehreek Tahafuz-e-Aain Pakistan had given the PTI a comprehensive agenda for the long march, the sources said, adding that the PTI announced postponement of the march without consultation.

PTI workers are angry over the postponement of the long march, the sources claimed.

They said the PTI also did not consult the Tehreek Tahafuz-e-Aain Pakistan over the October 4 long march.

“There is no backchannel contact with the Tehreek Tahafuz-e-Aain Pakistan,” the sources said.