Imran Khan says no talks if govt insists on elections in Sept or Oct

IHC granted bail to the PTI chief in mutiny case till May 3

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said his party would initiate talks with the government only if the ruling coalition was ready to immediately dissolve the assemblies and go for elections. 

At an informal conversation with journalists during his appearance in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for bail in a mutiny case, the former premier said he had asked Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Fawad Chaudhry, who are part of the PTI’s team holding dialogue with the government, to not proceed if the government insisted on holding elections in September and October. 

After the high court granted him bail in the case filed against him for allegedly inciting public against institution till May 3, he took to Twitter claiming that the Islamabad police had taken peaceful PTI workers into custody from outside the IHC.

 

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) April 28, 2023

“Our workers were sitting in their vehicles peacefully when ICT police in brazen display of State oppression pulled them out & took them away. This is why they want elections to be delayed because they feel they can break PTI by then, through fear of jail & harassment. Won't work,” he wrote while tweeting a video showing police officials arresting his party supporters.