PESHAWAR
\nPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Qaiser said that they were neither holding any talks with any political party nor talking to anyone else via backdoor channels.
\n\u201cWe are not talking to anyone, not even via backdoor channels,\u201d clarified the former National Assembly speaker while speaking.
\nHis remarks come after the party has time and again said that it was ready to hold negotiations with anyone except for three parties in the ruling coalition \u2014 Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P).
\nQaiser said that the May 9 incidents were used as an excuse to target the party.
\n\u201cA fake government was formed by benefiting one party, however, we will not back out from our stance,\u201d said the PTI leader, adding that the country will move forward when there is a rule of law.
\nIt is important to note that the military has stated that there will be no talks with the planners and abettors of the May 9 riots.
\nOn Tuesday, Inter-Services Public Relations Director General (ISPR DG) Maj Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said all political leadership and forces were respectable but no talks were possible with those political groups and leaders who attack their own armed forces, insult martyrs, create gulf and hatred between people and armed forces.
\nHe said that such elements were left with the only option of sincerely apologising to the nation and pledging to give up politics of hatred and start constructive politics.
\n\u201cWe cannot talk with such groups which spread anarchy in the country and create gulf and hatred between people and armed forces,\u201d he said.
\nMeanwhile, sharing his position on the ouster of Sher Afzal Marwat from top PTI bodies, Qaiser said that he is an important leader of the party who has performed his duties as well.
\nHowever, Qaiser said that he does not know about Marwat\u2019s removal from the PTI\u2019s political and core committees.
\nHe made these comments after the firebrand leader from KP was excluded from the party\u2019s top decision-making bodies reportedly on Imran Khan\u2019s orders. The development has widened rifts among the senior leadership.
\nEarlier, PTI withdrew Marwat\u2019s nomination for the Public Accounts Committee chairmanship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Qaiser said that they were neither holding any talks with any political party nor talking to anyone else via backdoor channels. \u201cWe are not talking to anyone, not even via backdoor channels,\u201d clarified the former National Assembly speaker while speaking. His remarks come after the party has time and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-406323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"\n