PTI resumes contact with federal govt for talks after governor’s rule in KP

Sources within the party said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has reached out to the federal government again for the first time since governor’s rule was imposed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

PTI sources said that the previous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur had approached the federal government on the directives of the PTI parliamentary party.

According to reports, Gandapur was given the green light to negotiate during a parliamentary party meeting on October 20.

Contacts were made with two prominent federal ministers who were part of the government’s negotiating team before the installation of Governor’s Rule, sources claimed.

Sources claimed the PTI’s key demands included the restoration of the administration of Sohail Afridi and the release of incarcerated party workers.

Political connections between the PTI and federal government had reportedly broken off after the implementation of Governor’s Rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 11.