Pakistan govt opposition talks end in deadlock
Hours‑long negotiations between the federal government and the opposition began after 4pm on Saturday at Parliament House. The talks focused on the PTI’s planned long march on 4 October.
Both sides agreed not to speak to the media during the meeting. The session ended early on Sunday with the Senate opposition leader Allama Raja Nasir Abbas announcing a deadlock, citing small issues and the unresolved meeting of PTI founder Imran Khan with his personal physicians.
Government delegate Minister of State for Interior Tallal Chaudhry said the talks failed mainly because the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government could not assure cooperation in the fight against terrorism. He noted that the PTI provincial government had not implemented the National Action Plan and that the delegation left disappointed.
PPP representative Sherry Rehman said the draft agreement had been altered four times after it was agreed upon. PTI interim chairman Gohar Khan declared the long march would proceed and that an emergency or governor’s rule was not the solution.
The meeting was chaired by National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq and aimed to defuse the ongoing political crisis. No further talks were scheduled at the time of the report.
