Says govt, NA opp will decide on name of CEC by Dec 5
Federal Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar said Tuesday that the government is ready to resume talks with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from the point they were earlier broken off.
“The government sincerely wants to solve the current political turmoil through talks but sincerity should be displayed by both the sides,” said Dar while addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Tuesday.
“The government and National Assembly Opposition Leader Khurshid Shah will finalise a name for the post of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) by December 5,” said Dar, adding that if Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Shah failed to agree upon a name, the decision would be made by the parliamentary committee.
Dar asked PTI to call off its plans for a complete strike in the country, saying “PTI’s strike would be detrimental for the country’s economy.”
“Traders have rejected PTI’s call for strike,” he alleged, adding that the government was trying to “strengthen and stabilise” the economy and the country’s economy would have been in “an even better state had there been no sit-ins,” he claimed.
