On Thursday, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) negotiation committee set a deadline of January 31 for what it calls “fruitful talks” with the government. The committee reiterated its two main demands: the release of all PTI detainees and the formation of a judicial commission to investigate the May 9 unrest and the November 26 incident.
Speaking to the media outside Adiala Jail after meeting PTI founder Imran Khan, Sahibzada Hamid Raza, head of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), along with other committee members, confirmed that January 31, 2025, would be the cutoff for the talks on these two demands. The committee aims to discuss the release of PTI workers and the creation of a judicial commission, made up of three senior judges from the Supreme Court, to investigate the events of May 9 and November 26.
Raza stated that the PTI negotiation team, led by Omar Ayub Khan, would formally communicate this deadline to the government’s committee during a meeting scheduled for January 2.
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Meanwhile, the government has asked PTI to submit a formal charter of demands for the next round of talks.
After the meeting with Khan, Raza, along with other committee members such as PTI leader Asad Qaiser, Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen leader Allama Raja Nasir Abbas, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CM Ali Amin Gandapur, briefed the former prime minister on the outcomes. According to Raza, Khan expressed a willingness to forgive past mistreatment and the assassination attempt against him, in the interest of Pakistan.
Khan also held private discussions with Gandapur and Nasir Abbas regarding law and order issues in Kurram district, instructing them to take immediate action to resolve the situation there.
Khan made it clear that he would not leave jail under any deal but would face his legal battles through the courts.
The PTI has strongly demanded the formation of the judicial commission to investigate both the May 9 violence and the events of November 26, along with the release of CCTV footage from the May 9 incident to identify those responsible for inciting violence.
Regarding the November 26 incident, PTI maintains a clear stance, questioning why live ammunition was used, as 13 of its workers were killed, 64 injured, and many others remain missing.
Additionally, Khan has emphasized that PTI’s campaign to halt remittances from overseas Pakistanis will continue.
