The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed independent candidates are leading the race in the recently held general elections, but the party’s leadership appears divided on their position on talks with other political parties to establish a government in Islamabad.
The party’s founder, Imran Khan, dismissed the idea of talks with other political parties that follow the independents’ lead in the elections. However, his party’s leader, Ali Muhammad Khan, is open to negotiations.
The politician emphasized the possibility of a working relationship with the parties, stating that the PTI can talk to all parties to tackle the country’s concerns.
“We have no personal fight with these parties,” Ali stated in an interview with News’s ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath’.
The politician went on to say that each party’s politics are distinct. He stated that the opposing parties would eventually join forces after the elections.
The former minister stated that the PTI is willing to meet with other political forces “tomorrow morning” if necessary to resolve the country’s challenges.
The lawmaker highlighted that the PTI is Pakistan’s “largest political party”.
It should be mentioned that the PTI has claimed to be collaborating with Majlis-e-Wahdat-Muslimeen (MWM) to build governments in the Centre and Punjab, as directed by its founder.
Speaking to journalists in Islamabad on Tuesday, the party’s spokesperson Raoof Hasan stated that the former prime minister, while ruling out any talks with the PML-N, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), and MQM-P, directed the party to form a coalition with Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) over reserved seats.
However, JI head Professor Ibrahim Khan refuted claims of an affiliation with the PTI, claiming that the latter had no moral right to use his party’s name.
