PTI says its doors are open for talks

"If anyone wishes to hold talks, the PTI's doors are open," Omar Ayub told the media persons.

PESHAWAR:

The PTI senior leadership reaffirmed on Sunday their commitment to resolving matters through legal and constitutional means. They announced the formation of a negotiations committee by the party's founder to facilitate dialogue.

Speaking at a joint press conference with senior PTI leaders, National Assembly Opposition Leader Omar Ayub stated that the committee includes himself, Hamid Raza, Asad Qaiser, and Ali Amin Gandapur. He encouraged interested parties to approach the committee for constructive engagement.

Ayub spoke to the media along with former speaker Asad Qaiser, Senate opposition leader Shibli Faraz and the party's information secretary Sheikh Waqas.

"If anyone wishes to hold talks, the PTI's doors are open," Ayub told the media persons. Ayub repeated the PTI's stance that 12 people were killed in the government crackdown on the PTI protesters on November 26 in Islamabad. More than 200 protesters were still missing, he claimed. "Our workers are being intimidated and forced to declare their injuries as accidental," he charged.

Ayub said that if justice was not served to their "martyrs and the demands are not met", the party would be compelled to take recourse to a civil disobedience movement. He announced that a prayer ceremony would be held in Pakistan on December 13 and abroad on December 15 to honor the martyred workers.