ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has agreed to hold talks but only with the “powerful quarters” of the country.
This is stated by Imran Khan sister Aleema Khan while talking to media outside Adyala jail.
The PTI founder agreed to hold talks in a nearly two-hour meeting with [party chairman] Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister] Ali Amin Gandapur at Adiala Jail,.
Gandapur and Barrister Gohar visited Adiala Jail to seek permission to hold talks “if contact is made”.
“Imran gave the go-ahead to hold talks with powerful quarters only and on the PTI demands,” she said.
She said the November 24 protest would end only when “demands will be met”. CM Gandapur apprised the former premier of preparations related to the upcoming demonstration.
Aleema Khan apprised that the incarcerated party founder gave the go-ahead only to seek the return of the “stolen mandate”.
“He [Imran] allowed to hold talks for release of jailed workers and leaders and restoration of democracy in the country,” she said, adding that the former premier has set a deadline till Thursday for the party leaders to hold talks with the “powerful quarters”.
“The November 24 would turn into a celebration, had the stolen mandate returned,” she added.
In response to a question about whether a political party should negotiate with political parties or the establishment, she said that when parties have “given themselves up” then the negotiations will be held with those who “wield real power”.
The statements contradict PTI’s official stance as party spokesperson Sheikh Waqas Akram earlier today ruled out possibility of holding talks with the stakeholders prior to their planned countrywide demonstration.
