PTI wanted negotiations with the govt to be successful: Fawad

ISLAMABAD, April 30 (SABAH): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senior Vice President and former minister for information and broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said on Sunday that his party wanted negotiations with the government — on the impasse on elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — to be successful but at the same time contended that it had a “strategy” in place if the talks failed.

“PTI wants the success of negotiations [with the government], but it has formulated a strategy in case of failure,” the former minister tweeted.

“It is not possible for the PTI to sit silently if the Constitution is considered as a piece of garbage and the public as insects,” he said, calling on the people to prepare for a “movement”.

“The movement is starting tomorrow with rallies in Lahore, Islamabad, and Peshawar, culminating into a historic long march,” Fawad added.

Fawad Chaudhry said that the PTI wants the negotiations to succeed; however, it has formulated a strategy in case the talks with the ruling coalition do not bear fruit.

Earlier Fawad Chaudhry in a statement issued on twitter on Saturday said that the PTI leadership rejected the attempts to sabotage the talks and decided to continue the negotiations with the government on the framework of the elections within the ambit of the Constitution.

PTI Senior Vice President said that keeping in mind the orders of the Supreme Court (SC), PTI decided to continue the talks with the government and the final agenda would be discussed in next round of talks scheduled for Tuesday.