Negotiations with any panels can be held after Nawaz resigns: Shujaat

Published August 18, 2014
Chaudhry Pervez Elahi (L) and Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain (R). — File photo
Chaudhry Pervez Elahi (L) and Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain (R). — File photo

LAHORE: Ruling out talks with the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Muslim League - Quaid (PML-Q) leader Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Monday said negotiations with any committees can only be held after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif steps down.

He was speaking to media representatives along with senior PML-Q leader Chaudhry Pervez Elahi.

Meanwhile, Chaudhry Pervez Elahi said the opposition should not respond to those hurling profanities and added that he would not comment on Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan’s call for a civil disobedience movement against the sitting government.

Elahi said the committees expected to be announced by the federal government for talks with the PTI and PAT leadership would only represent Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, adding that government committees would have no independent standing.

Elahi stressed that Nawaz and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif should step down from their offices.

The PML-Q leader said PAT chief Tahirul Qadri would announce his future course of action after completion of the stipulated deadline.

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