Islamabad : The Pakistan government and the two protesting parties have agreed to resume talks to resolve the 57-day-old political impasse, media reported Friday.
The opposition jirga (council of elders), which met again, made the announcement Thursday night, Dawn online reported.
Jirga leader and Jamaat-e-Islami chief Sirajul Haq said the jirga would first meet Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Monday.
A jirga member has said that all the three sides – the government, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) – had shown interest in resuming the dialogue that was severed last month.
The talks between the government and the protesting PTI and PAT were suspended for over a month because of workers’ arrests on the orders of the government.
The protests led by PTI’s Imran Khan and PAT chief Tahir-ul-Qadri began Aug 15 in an attempt to overthrow Nawaz Sharif, whom they accuse of rigging the 2013 general election.