TTAP says 'no talks' with govt until meeting with Imran Khan is arranged, health details are provided

The Tehreek-i-Tahafuz Ayin-i-Pakistan (TTAP) on Thursday announced that it was suspending all negotiations with the government, saying there would be “no talks” until a meeting with PTI founder Imran Khan was arranged and information about his health was provided. The alliance, in a statement, said all negotiating authority would rest solely with its chairman, Mehmood Khan Achakzai. The announcement was made at a leadership meeting held at Achakzai’s residence, where the political situation arising from the imposition of governor’s rule and an emergency in KP, as well as the situation in the province, was reviewed in detail. In the days preceding the development, political tensions between the federal government and the opposition, mainly the PTI, had remained high after the party announced a long march to demand the release of its jailed founder, Imran Khan.

However, the march, initially planned for Islamabad, remained confined to KP until it fizzled out with the imposition of governor’s rule in the province. The alliance strongly condemned the imposition of governor’s rule and an emergency in KP, describing the move as a “robbery” and a midnight assault on the Constitution and the people’s mandate. It demanded that the decision be withdrawn immediately, saying the step was not only an insult to the people of one province but to those of all provinces. The statement added that the alliance would also file a petition against the decision in the Peshawar High Court (PHC). The TTAP also condemned all forms of terrorism, including state terrorism against the public, actions by state institutions against political parties, and violence by one sect against another. Expressing full support for the National Action Plan, the opposition alliance demanded that, instead of…