By Our Correspondent
RAWALPINDI: Former Prime Minister and Founder Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has confirmed that he received an “offer” via top party leaders to postpone his much-hyped Islamabad protest, slated for November 24.
Speaking to the reporters in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, the PTI founder said he was told that “everything will be alright” if he accepted the offer.
Imran’s lawyer Khalid Yousaf Chaudhry and sister Aleema Khan, on Nov 19, said that the former premier has given a go-ahead to PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur to hold talks but only with the “powerful quarters” — a reference to the establishment.
Meanwhile, The News reported that two meetings have already been held between the government and the former ruling party’s representatives to discuss the possibility of initiation of dialogue process.
The purpose of these interactions is to talk about the possibility of initiation of a dialogue process. In case the two sides agree to enter into a dialogue process, this would be a major breakthrough.
If it happens in the next few days, it may lead to the calling off of PTI’s November 24 protest march. If those presently engaged in the pre-dialogue consultation process reach a point of agreement for the initiation of formal dialogue process, they will approach their respective topmost leaderships for final approval.
“[I] received an offer via Barrister Gohar and [KP CM] Gandapur to postpone the protest and everything will be alright,” Imran said today, adding that he demanded the release of under-trial party leaders, including himself, to “gauge the seriousness of the negotiations”.
