{"id":21018,"date":"2025-02-17T13:43:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T08:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=21018"},"modified":"2025-02-17T13:43:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T08:43:43","slug":"pti-ends-backdoor-contacts-with-na-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2025\/02\/17\/pti-ends-backdoor-contacts-with-na-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"PTI ends backdoor contacts with NA speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has ended its backdoor contacts with the Speaker of the National Assembly, Asad Qaiser and Barrister Gohar were previously in communication with Speaker Ayaz Sadiq, but now these discussions have been terminated.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources reveal that both leaders had demanded the formation of a judicial commission to resume negotiations, but despite PTI\u2019s withdrawal from talks, Ayaz Sadiq decided not to dissolve the government committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PTI Senator Ali Zafar stated in a media interview that the negotiations with the government were already over and that if the government wishes to continue public discourse on the matter, it is their choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further explained that PTI has not made any demands from the government but if the government formally acknowledges these demands in writing, the issue could be taken back to the leadership for consultation on whether to resume negotiations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has ended its backdoor contacts with the Speaker of the National Assembly,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[215],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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