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Published on: 24/01/2025 | 00:00:00
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had placed the onus on the government to consider its charter of demands, which it presented during the last dialogue on January 16. However, a week later on Thursday, PTI chairman Gohar Ali Khan announced that the party would withdraw from negotiations following instructions from Khan. Ali Khan, acting as PTI’s chairman in the absence of Imran Khan, stated that the party would continue protests and engage with other political parties across the country. In May 2023, former Prime Minister Khan was briefly detained in a corruption case in which he was eventually convicted last Friday. PTI claims 12 workers were killed in clashes, a figure the government denies. The opening of talks between the two sides had been viewed as a positive step. PTI leader Zulfi Bukhari called the talks a 'sham' Asma Shirazi, a political commentator, said PTI seemed willing to de-escalate tensions. She said the PTI could have strengthened its position by forcing the government into exhausting all options. If the government had failed, PTI would have had moral high ground to pressure them. Pakistan is expected to host top eight cricketing nations in February. The PTI had last year also given a call for protest in Islamabad. Hussain, though, was not entirely sure of the PTI achieving its objective.
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