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FM Qureshi says govt is 'ready' to debate national issues with Opposition

 FM Qureshi says govt is 'ready' to debate national issues with Opposition


Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi chatting with the media outside the parliament. — PID

ISLAMABAD: secretary of state Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that the govt is prepared to carry talks with the Opposition within the Parliament on national issues, but ruled out the likelihood of negotiating about accountability.


The secretary of state 's comments came a day after the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman rejected the decision for a national dialogue.


Talking to media at the Parliament House on Friday, Qureshi said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has made it clear time and again that no National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) are going to be given to corrupt elements.


The foreign minister, however, said that the govt consists of political people that believe political process and dialogue.


"The PDM leadership is holding a gathering at Jati Umra in Lahore today, but differences among the constituent parties of the alliance have already come to the fore ," said Qureshi.


He added that the PPP's Central Executive Committee has decided that it'll participate within the upcoming by-elections and therefore the Senate polls, claiming that it'll not resign from the assemblies.


He also said that the PPP has not decided any date for an extended march.


Making a case for fissures within the PDM, Qureshi said that the alliance had decided that their MPs will send their resignations to Maulana Fazlur Rehman by New Year's Eve , but Bilawal opposed the move and argued that resignations should be sent to party heads. The minister said this move shows the "lack of confidence within the alliance".


Fazl rejects offer of Grand National dialogue

A day earlier, PML-F leader Muhammad Ali Durrani met the JUI-F chief and offered a Grand National dialogue.


During the meeting, Durrani suggested the JUI-F chief to initiate talks with the govt .


However, the PDM chief rejected the offer and said that no talks are often held with an "incompetent and unelected" government.


Meanwhile, PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has also advised the govt and Opposition to carry a dialogue within the best interests of the country.

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