ISLAMABAD
\nAdviser to Prime Minister on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah on Wednesday again offered talks to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), saying the government\u2019s doors remained open for negotiations.
\nHis remarks came as the PTI\u2019s long march towards Islamabad has entered its fourth day. According to the former ruling party, the protest is aimed at seeking the release of its jailed founding chairman Imran Khan and what it describes as the restoration of constitutional supremacy.
\nThe government-opposition talks aimed at averting the PTI\u2019s October 4 long march towards Islamabad ended in deadlock on Saturday, with the two sides failing to reach consensus on key issues.
\nBoth sides accused each other of sabotaging the dialogues. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Sunday had accused the KP CM of attempting to sabotage negotiations between the PTI and the federal government.
\nPTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja had claimed that the primary reason for the failure of the talks was the federal government\u2019s insistence that all anti-terrorism actions it unilaterally initiated in KP must be owned by the provincial government.
\nAddressing a press conference today, the PM\u2019s aide said: \u201cNo demands can be met by holding the state hostage.\u201d
\n\u201cPolitical differences can be resolved through negotiations,\u201d Sanaullah added.
\nHe urged PTI to \u201cset aside personal interests\u201d and come forward to resolve issues.
\nThe PM\u2019s aide alleged that PTI\u2019s sole agenda was to create instability in the country, saying political instability had continued since 2014.
\nHe said attempts to surround Islamabad had remained a key point of PTI\u2019s politics since its 2014 march on the capital, adding that the party was now trying to march on Islamabad again.
\nSanaullah said that PTI was using the KP government\u2019s resources for the march, saying provincial resources had been \u201cthrown into\u201d the effort over the past two years.
\nMoving on to the security situation in KP, the PM\u2019s aide said intelligence-based operations would continue in the province.
\nHe said no new operation was being launched and \u201cno IDPs will be made\u201d, adding that the federal government and the field marshal had already made this clear.
\nHe said the provincial apex committee was headed by the chief minister, but Sohail Afridi had held only one meeting during his 11 months in office.
\n\u201cIt is necessary that the policy against terrorism is implemented,\u201d the PML-N leader said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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