PTI ready for serious, result-oriented talks: Gohar

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said on Saturday that his party was ready for serious and result-oriented parleys for the country’s sake.

During chat with the media here, he conceded that some individuals from the government and their own party’s ranks were impeding contacts in terms of their statements or acts.

However, he emphasised that the PTI was open for discussions, as hopes for renewed dialogue between the PTI and the establishment appeared to have stalled following Eid-ul-Azha. It was speculated that there was a possibility of resumption of dialogue between the two sides, however, statements from party leaders, more importantly from the party patron-in-chief Imran Khan and unexpected recent protests in the United States, dimmed such chances.

It is also maintained that the lack of a coherent strategy is a major obstacle in building confidence-building measures to pave way for resumption of dialogue. Last month, incarcerated PTI founding chairman Imran Khan had announced a countrywide movement to be launched, without giving a date, which has recently been postponed for two weeks due to ongoing global developments following the Iran-Israel conflict.

The party supremo had announced he would lead the movement from Adiala Jail and asked Senator Barrister Syed Ali Zafar, who is PTI’s parliamentary leader in the Senate, to chalk out a strategy. It is expected that the proposed protest movement would be further delayed in case the regional situation does not improve with particular reference to the Israeli conflict with Iran.