Fawad Chaudhry says party will continue to negotiate with the ruling coalition as per Supreme Court orders on Tuesday
\n islamabad
\nFawad Chaudhry, the spokesperson of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), on Saturday announced that the former ruling party has decided to continue negotiations with the government regarding the framework for elections within the bounds of the Constitution.
\nFawad, taking to Twitter, stated that the PTI is committed to upholding the orders of the Supreme Court and rejecting any attempts to \u201csabotage the talks.\u201d
\nHe further said that the final agenda for the negotiations will be discussed on Tuesday.
\nThe announcement came soon after Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar denied any involvement of the federal government in the last night\u2019s raid on the residence of former Punjab chief minister Pervaiz Elahi in Lahore.
\nAccording to a statement issued today, Dar contacted senior PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi and denied any involvement of the Centre in the police action, saying that it was instead carried out by the caretaker Punjab government.
\nDar expressed sorrow over the raid and the violation of the sanctity of the \u201cveil and the four walls\u201d. Qureshi informed Dar about the emotions of Elahi\u2019s family as well as the sentiments within the party.
\n\u201cWe will inform our leadership about the emotions of the PTI,\u201d Dar assured Qureshi, adding that his party will soon contact the opposition party again in this regard.
\nEarlier in the day, Fawad had said that the party will decide about the future of the talks with the Centre after consulting with PTI Chairman Imran Khan.
\nFawad, in a tweet, stated that the attack on PTI Central President Pervez Elahi\u2019s residence, the detention of Ali Amin Gandapur despite bail, and the arrests of workers were making the negotiation process \u201cmeaningless\u201d.
\nHe questioned how the government would take major decisions if it could not better the ongoing environment despite giving assurances.
\nThe tweet comes a day after a team of the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE), Punjab, and the Lahore police conducted a late-night raid to arrest Elahi.
\nThe law enforcement officials remained on the premises of Elahi\u2019s residence for more than three hours during which they took into custody around nine people, but were unable to find Elahi.
\nGovt-PTI talks
\nHours before the raid, efforts to find common ground through dialogue between the leaders of the ruling alliance and the PTI continued as the talks remained on track, and the leaders on both sides had, so far, refused to let their differences come in the way of forging a consensus on general elections.
\nOn the second day of talks, the government and the PTI teams once again entered a room in the Parliament House, shut the door and emerged after a couple of hours, agreeing that the third \u2013 possibly final \u2013 round would take place on coming Tuesday after which a decision would be announced.
\nThough the leaders emerged sounding hopeful about the future prospects, the second round of talks between the PTI and the ruling coalition to break the ongoing political and constitutional impasse in the country ended with both sides agreeing to take input from their leadership and continue negotiations next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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