Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry said on Saturday that the former ruling party, under the chairmanship of Imran Khan, will decide if it wants to continue negotiations with the incumbent government to set an election date. Fawad, in a tweet, stated that the attack on PTI Central President Pervez Elahi's residence, the detention of Ali Amin Gandapur despite bail, and the arrests of workers were making the negotiation process “meaningless”. پرویز الہیٰ کے گھر پر حملہ ، علی امین گنڈا پور کو ضمانت کے باوجود جبس بےجاء میں رکھنا اور ورکرز کی گرفتاریاں مذاکراتی عمل کو بے معنی بنا رہی ہیں، اگر حکومتی مذاکراتی ٹیم یقین دہانی کے بعد ماحول بہتر رکھنے میں کوئ کردار ادا نہیں کر سکتی تو وہ بڑے فیصلے کیسے کرے گی؟ عمران خان کی… — Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 29, 2023 He questioned how the government would take major decisions if it could not better the ongoing environment despite giving assurances. The 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. Read Asif sees little chances of govt-PTI talks’ success The law enforcement officials remained on the premises of Elahi’s residence for more than three hours during which they took into custody around nine people, but were unable to find Elahi. Govt-PTI talks Hours 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. On 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 – possibly final – round would take place on coming Tuesday after which a decision would be announced. Though 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.
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