FYI the real face of "Inqilab and Tabdili"
11:45 am | 'No coup'
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been assured by military that there will be no coup, but in return he must “share space with the army”, according to a government source who was privy to recent talks between the two sides.
Last week, Sharif dispatched two emissaries to consult with the army chief. He wanted to know if the military was quietly engineering the twin protest movements by Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri, or if, perhaps, it was preparing to stage a coup.
According to a government insider with a first-hand account of the meeting, Sharif's envoys returned with good news and bad: there will be no coup but if he wants his government to survive, from now on it will have to share space with the army.
Islamabad protests: PTI agrees to negotiate with government - Pakistan - DAWN.COM
‘From czar-like prime minister to deputy commissioner-type character’ - Pakistan - DAWN.COM
And the clouds start to wane...
3:15pm | PTI agrees to talks with govt
PTI's Shah Mehmood Qureshi told Dawn News that PTI had agreed to negotiate with the government.
"We discussed amongst ourselves that if it comes to talks what our position will be... The aim is to come out of this deadlock. We wish that the govt had seriously considered our demands," he said.
"Our strategy is clear, we want to strengthen democracy and not derail it as opposed to the impression that is being given."
"Our line is clear — we want to remain peaceful," he said.
Islamabad protests: PTI agrees to negotiate with government - Pakistan - DAWN.COM
And now Ijaz ul Haq and Haidar Abbas Rizwi go to talk to 2 #TuQ