Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that the government is ready to hold dialogue with the opposition on all national issues, but not on the ongoing accountability process, local media reported yesterday.
Speaking with the media at Parliament House, he said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken a stance that a general pardon will not be given to “corrupt” elements.
“We are political people, and believe in political process and dialogue,” Qureshi added.
He said that the opposition Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leadership held a meeting at Jati Umra in Lahore, but differences among the constituent parties of the alliance have already come forth.
Qureshi said that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)’s Central Executive Committee has decided that the party will take part in the upcoming by-elections and the Senate elections, and that it will not tender resignations from assemblies.
He said the PPP has also not decided any date for long march.
Qureshi said that differences are visible in the PDM over the issue of resignations, and shows lack of confidence within the alliance.
Qureshi: We are political people, and believe in political process and dialogue.
