Deadlock persists in PTI, govt talks

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Deadlock persists in PTI, govt talks
ISLAMABAD: The deadlock in talks between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and the government persisted on Friday as both sides held a meeting to resolve the issue of election rigging.

Leaders from the PTI and the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz talked to media after the round of negotiations and announced that the process would continue on Saturday.

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said that the meeting discussed draft of ordinance on proposed judicial commission. He said that the draft was also shared with the participants of the All Parties Conference.

The minister said that only three points of the draft needed to be discussed between both the sides.

Speaking on the occasion, PTI leader Shah Mehmood Qurshi said that they would try to address the "reservations" in Saturday talks.

He conceded that the government had taken some tangible steps in an effort to move forward the process.

“We have to complete process of talks within short time and we don’t have much time if we want to take negotiations to an end,” the PTI leader said.

He said that the opportunity of political reconciliation might be lost if the talk process become protracted.