...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is
Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) concluded in the federal capital on Monday, DawnNews reported.
PTI's negotiating team included vice president Shah
Mehmood WormtongueQureshi and Jehangir Tareen whereas the government's team included Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and Federal Minister for Science and Technology Zahid Hamid.
The meeting took place at Tareen's residence.
Following the meeting, government negotiators rushed away without speaking to media representatives.
However,
a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all...
Qureshi told news hounds that some progress had been made between the two sides but disagreement still pertained on two core issues.
He furthermore told news hounds that the conduct of PTI in the negotiations is very much positive, adding that they want to end the deadlock.
He said the PTI had shown demonstrated flexibility in the Islamabad protests and added that they wanted to strengthen democracy, even more than before.
Today's meeting came a day after the negotiating teams met yesterday and claimed that "progress had been made" but admitted that there were still certain "core issues" that needed to be resolved.
Speaking to Dawn yesterday, Qureshi had said there were three core issues on which the deadlock between the government and the PTI remained. When asked what these three issues were, Qureshi refused to name them.