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The Nawaz Sharif government has agreed to form a judicial commission to probe allegations of rigging in the 2013 general elections on the demand of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf.
Dr Arif Alvi, one of the members of PTI’s negotiating team, said yesterday that the government has agreed to the demand of the PTI to constitute the judicial commission. He said a written agreement between the two sides in this connection remains to be signed.
He was speaking at the residence of his party leader Jahangir Tareen to participate in the third round of talks with the government but the meeting was postponed for a second time due to a meeting of parliamentary leaders at the Prime Minister’s House.
The schedule of the next meeting would be decided later.
Alvi said a draft of the agreement on the formation of the judicial commission was being given final shape and the same would also be shown to the other political parties. He, however, did not talk about the terms of references of the commission.
The PTI leadership, which resigned from the National Assembly in August, have conditioned the return of its parliamentarians to the National Assembly to the formation of the judicial commission which should probe allegations of rigging in the general elections.
The leaders from both sides following the December 19 round of talks had told the media that they have made significant headway towards the creation of the judicial commission.