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  • Sep 9th, 2014
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Despite high hopes of a major breakthrough in Monday's round of talks between PTI and government negotiating teams, Senator Ishaq Dar said that both sides agreed to all other points except two. Talking to reporters after holding talks, he refused to elaborate further on the two points which remained as the bones of contention between the parties, putting the future of the talks at stake.

"We've agreed to almost all the points but two points are still under discussion. One of the six proposals put forth by PTI is completely non-negotiable while the other will be responded to after consultation with the party and the allies," he added. He said that in the next round of talks the government will inform PTI about the two points which are still pending after consultation with our party leadership and the allied political parties.

Shah Mehmood Qureshi of PTI said that PTI has informed the government negotiating team about the party's final stance about the agreement. He added that PTI has shown maximum flexibility and now it was up to the government how they respond to the two pending points. Qureshi said that negotiation process has now been concluded and its success depends upon the government as the ball is in their court, so let us see how it handles the whole situation.

Earlier in the 12th round of dialogue held Monday Qureshi, who is heading PTI's committee for talks with the government said that there is consensus on some points with the government while some points still need to be addressed. He said that both the committees will meet again after joint session of the parliament. Later Qureshi said that both the committees are moving ahead with a positive mood, adding PTI has shown enough flexibility.

He said that Ishaq Dar would brief Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif about the talks. He said that it was not the right time to share the details with the media and the documents will be shared once there will be some serious thing to share. "We want to resolve the matter today", he said. "Things have moved forward positively and we hope that the matter will soon be resolved", he added.

At the conclusion of the 12th round of dialogue, the government team comprising Ishaq Dar and Zahid Hamid left without sharing anything with the media. However, Qureshi said his party was willing to break the stalemate. He said two-three matters still remain to be sorted out. He claimed that progress was made on some of the issues his party took up with the government.

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