Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif Thursday stated that his government wholeheartedly accepted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI)  offer for negotiations, but the party itself is now running away from talks.  Presiding over a federal cabinet meeting in Islamabad, the premier dismissed the PTI founder’s demand for a judicial commission on the 2024 general elections  as unnecessary.

"In 2018, PTI’s founder [Imran Khan] promised a House Committee to probe election rigging, but the committee formed under his own government was never implemented," PM Shehbaz pointed out.  The prime minister also stressed that Pakistan’s economic prosperity and development are only possible through the elimination of terrorism. "Ending terrorism is the key to ensuring the nation’s progress and stability," he asserted.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)