LAHORE, Dec 22 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday
constituted an eight-member negotiations committee to hold parleys with the Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf (PTI).
The committee has been
constituted on the adv
ice of Speaker Nat
ional Assembly (NA) Sardar Ayaz Sadiq who had been app
roached by the Chairman PTI Barrister Gohar for negotiations among the ruling coalition and the opposition party PTI.
The negotiation committee comprises parliamentarians from the ruling alliance including Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, SAPM on political affairs Rana Sanaullah, Senator Irfan Siddiqui, PPP MNAs Raja Pervez Ashraf and Naveed Qamar, Minister for federal education and profess
ional training Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Federal Minister for Privatization Aleem Khan, and federal minister for Overseas Pakistanis and human resource Chaudhry Salik Hussain.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed the hope that nat
ional solidarity and national interests would be held supreme during the talks with PTI, adding that a strong Pakistan was the reason of our existence.
The premier hailed the efforts of Speaker NA Sardar Ayaz Sadiq for nat
ional cohesion.