PTI terms access to Imran 'principal point of deadlock', claims Centre refused to include it in agreement

The main reason for the breakdown of talks between the PTI and the Centre was the refusal of the latter to include terms regarding access to imprisoned party founder Imran Khan in a proposed agreement, according to the opposition party. The negotiations between an opposition delegation comprising the PTI and Tehreek-i-Tahafuz-i-Ayin-i-Pakistan (TTAP) and a joint government-PPP team ended in a deadlock.

The PTI claimed that the government's refusal to grant access to Imran was the principal point of the deadlock, while the government blamed the PTI for the failure of negotiations. The PTI expressed regret that the negotiations did not result in substantive progress despite serious efforts to address concerns related to political instability, Imran Khan's medical treatment, and the security situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The party insisted that access to Imran, on whom its leadership could consult for matters of national and political importance, was crucial and that its restriction would limit meaningful political engagement.