PTI long march to go forward as per schedule: Barrister Gohar

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan has said the party wants the negotiations with the government to be successful but the two parties had yet to decide when the next round of talks will take place.

Talking to reporters after a standoff arose between the government and PTI Gohar said that the party’s lengthy march would go forward as per schedule calling it the party’s right.

He said no step should be taken under the garb of the long march that could cause animosity, division or conflict among the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa or undermine the mandate, autonomy and powers of the province.

“There is no room for any measure against provincial rights or the public mandate, which will also be against the spirit of the 18th Amendment,” Gohar stated.

PTI chairman said: “The response to the long march should not be imposition of emergency or governor’s rule. He said there was still no decision on when the next government-PTI delegates meeting would be held.

Meanwhile, Federal Minister Talal Chaudhry said that several issues were agreed upon in the negotiations but the form of agreement was amended numerous times on the directions of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government.

He said the province government was not prepared to implement the National Action Plan and that was why the talks could not move forward.