The government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will hold a meeting today as contacts between the two sides begin for political talks, ARY News reported.
PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar said he received a message from the government about a meeting. The government and opposition delegations will meet today at 12:00 noon at the office of the Speaker of the National Assembly.
Meanwhile, differences emerged between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Tehreek Tahafuz-e-Aain Pakistan leadership over the postponement of the September 27 long march.
Sources in the Tehreek Tahafuz-e-Aain Pakistan said the leadership was neither taken into confidence over the consultation on the September 27 long march nor informed about its postponement.
The PTI leadership did not share where the long march was supposed to start from and where it was supposed to end, the sources said.
They said the PTI leadership neither formed a coordination committee for the long march nor did any preparations appear to be underway.
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There was also no administrative committee or finance committee for the long march, according to the sources.
The Tehreek Tahafuz-e-Aain Pakistan had given the PTI a comprehensive agenda for the long march, the sources said, adding that the PTI announced postponement of the march without consultation.
PTI workers are angry over the postponement of the long march, the sources claimed.
They said the PTI also did not consult the Tehreek Tahafuz-e-Aain Pakistan over the October 4 long march.
“There is no backchannel contact with the Tehreek Tahafuz-e-Aain Pakistan,” the sources said.
