Overview
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif authorized National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq to lead government‑PTI negotiations through parliamentary channels.
- The government has restricted talks to PTI’s elected representatives, explicitly excluding unelected party figures from any engagement.
- The Speaker has kept the existing parliamentary committee intact and says he is ready to call a meeting, though his office reports no formal PTI contact so far.
- Dunya News reports a PTI delegation led by Barrister Gohar planned to meet the Speaker to press for notifying Mehmood Khan Achakzai as Leader of the Opposition, a development still being confirmed.
- Adviser Rana Sanaullah framed dialogue as a civilian political process, and Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhary said the government is ready for talks while urging PTI to give Achakzai a clear mandate.