PTI lawmakers in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly have backed negotiations to restore the provincial government and secure the release of detained members.
What PTI lawmakers want
The stated objective is to “restore the provincial government and secure the release of detained Speaker Babar Saleem Swati, non-functional Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and other cabinet members and lawmakers”.
They also urged the central leadership to ensure the parliamentary party is represented in any negotiations.
Chief Whip Amir Dogar and chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan are named as supporting talks.
Why the second demand is the interesting one
Asking to be represented implies a concern about being left out — that decisions affecting detained provincial legislators might be taken by a central leadership that does not include them.
PTI’s negotiating authority was given by Imran Khan to Mahmood Khan Achakzai and Allama Raja Nasir Abbas on 7 October. Achakzai’s alliance then called off talks with the government on 16 October and went to court instead.
The people with most at stake — members whose colleagues are detained and whose assembly has been suspended — are asking for a seat at a table that two other sets of people currently control.
Where this sits against the party’s other tracks
Two constitutional challenges are before the Peshawar High Court, adjourned to 10 November. An internal inquiry into the failed long march is under way.
Government figures have made conditional offers throughout: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on 15 October, Rana Sanaullah on 17 October. Both required PTI to come to the table.
This report rests on The Express Tribune and has not been corroborated against a second outlet.
[Image: File photo via The Express Tribune].
Sources: The Express Tribune.
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