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On Monday, PTI leaders stated that reconciliation talks with the government failed because the government refused to include PTI founder Imran Khan in discussions. During a press conference in Islamabad, PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja explained that their party had hoped for a collective strategy against terrorism and the inclusion of tribal leaders' recommendations from a KP assembly jirga. However, the government rejected these demands, leading to the breakdown of talks.
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On Monday, leaders from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party declared in Islamabad that reconciliation with the current government is not possible unless PTI founder Imran Khan is included in future political dialogues. PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja said during a press conference held at KP House that only Imran Khan has the capability to bridge the gap between the state and the nation. The talks broke down after two days, with PTI alleging that the government was unwilling to develop a collective strategy against terrorism. Raja emphasized that PTI started negotiations in good faith but their efforts were hindered by the refusal of the government to include Imran Khan's perspective.
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PTI leaders on Monday declared that reconciliation between their party and the government was not possible without including PTI founder Imran Khan in the dialogue process.
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Narrating the opposition’s stance on why the government-PTI talks failed over the weekend, PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja presented his party’s demand that Imran be included in any future political dialogues.
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Imran → narrate → dialogues
“Only [Imran] has the capability to bridge the gulf that has developed between the state and the nation,” Raja said during the press conference held in KP House, Islamabad.
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“Imran Khan is very important for us and we had every right to get his opinion over the issue, but it was not allowed,” Raja claimed.
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The PTI leader said that another reason for talks failing was that the government was not willing to have a collective strategy against terrorism.
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Raja told media that PTI had started the negotiations open-heartedly and was serious about addressing the issues.
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He added, “Even on the second day, we were hoping that another round of talks would streamline things”.
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Describing the reasons for talks failing, Raja said, “We were being pushed to support the government over every action being taken regarding terrorism in KP”.
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He added that PTI had demanded that the government respect the recommendations and opinions of a jirga held by KP assembly, in which political parties and stakeholders had participated.
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The jirga had recommended solutions to the problem, PTI delegation had told government, according to Raja.
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The PTI delegation had asked the government to consider the opinions of tribal leaders as well, Raja said.
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Raja claimed that PTI had suggested that the agreement should mention that a collective decision would be made regarding terrorism, but government had said it would not put it down on paper.
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“We were told that a unanimous strategy against terrorism would not be developed and it would not be included in the agreement,” he said.
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Raja claimed that government had deliberately complicated the situation.
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“It is a fact that the current issues can only be addressed by Imran Khan.
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issues → address → Khan
“We had demanded that Imran Khan and his opinion should be included in all issues, which is why we demanded a meeting of party leaders with him,” Raja told media.
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Raja → demand → media
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