{"id":33486,"date":"2026-10-07T03:58:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T03:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=33486"},"modified":"2026-10-07T03:58:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T03:58:40","slug":"come-to-your-senses-what-is-pakistan-pm-shehbaz-sharifs-condition-for-talks-with-imrans-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=33486","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Come to your senses&#8217;: What is Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif&#8217;s condition for talks with Imran&#8217;s party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134755200,imgsize-1336360,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/imran-khan-and-shehbaz-sharif-file-photo.jpg\" alt=\"'Come to your senses': What is Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif's condition for talks with Imran's party\" title=\"Shehbaz\u2019s talks offer fails to sway PTI as long march presses on\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Shehbaz\u2019s talks offer fails to sway PTI as long march presses on\">Shehbaz\u2019s talks offer fails to sway PTI as long march presses on<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday questioned the seriousness of Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/shehbaz-sharif\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shehbaz Sharif<\/a>\u2019s offer for talks, calling it &#8220;merely symbolic&#8221; and saying the government had taken no concrete step beyond extending the invitation, Pakistan Today reported.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>PTI spokesperson Gohar said the Shehbaz Sharif-led government had also prevented PTI leaders from meeting the party\u2019s founder and former PM <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/imran-khan\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imran Khan<\/a>, for nearly a year.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Speaking to reporters in Rawalpindi, he said the last such meeting took place in October last year, Geo News reported.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>His remarks came after Sharif asked PTI to halt its ongoing long march towards Islamabad as a condition for holding talks.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>At an event in Islamabad, the prime minister warned that protests and long marches could hurt Pakistan\u2019s economy. <!-- -->&#8220;I urge you to come to your senses, end the long march and sit-in, and then we will sit with you,&#8221; he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>The PTI-led march, meanwhile, continued towards Peshawar on Monday, with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Sohail Afridi calling on party supporters to join the mobilisation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Afridi addressed march participants after the convoy reached Kohat and thanked residents for their &#8220;magnificent welcome&#8221;. He said the convoy would resume its journey towards Peshawar from University Chowk on Tuesday, The Express Tribune reported.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Declaring his loyalty to Imran Khan, Afridi said, \u201cI am a soldier of Imran Khan. Even if the whole world comes together, it cannot put a price on me.&#8221; He also urged supporters to send a message that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa belongs to Imran Khan.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>The chief minister had started the march from Lakki Marwat on Sunday after negotiations between PTI and the federal government failed to settle differences over the planned protest.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>Those talks, led by national assembly speaker Ayaz Sadiq, ended on Saturday without an agreement.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>The Pakistan government had asked PTI to call off the march, while the opposition sought assurances that its leaders would be permitted to meet long-imprisoned Imran Khan.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/pakistan\/come-to-your-senses-what-is-pakistan-pm-shehbaz-sharifs-condition-for-talks-with-imrans-party\/articleshow\/134755090.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shehbaz\u2019s talks offer fails to sway PTI as long march presses on Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday questioned the seriousness of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif\u2019s offer for talks, calling it &#8220;merely symbolic&#8221; 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