{
  "id": 11915324,
  "title": "Naqvi says talks with opposition have collapsed, accuses KP CM of 'sabotaging' negotiations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/naqvi-says-talks-with-opposition-have-collapsed-accuses-kp-cm-of-11915324",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T11:40:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2034693/naqvi-says-talks-with-opposition-have-collapsed-accuses-kp-cm-of-sabotaging-negotiations"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi announced on Sunday that the discussions between the federal government and the opposition had failed, blaming the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for initiating their long march. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Naqvi accused Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi of \"sabotaging\" the negotiations. He stated that the talks had ended without any results after a lengthy second round. Naqvi warned that anyone violating the Islamabad High Court's order from September 14 regarding protest and legal action would face consequences.\n\nThe court order prohibited political parties and their leaders from occupying public roads, highways, interchanges, toll plazas, and buildings in Islamabad. Naqvi emphasized that there had been no request from his side for the long march to be postponed. He mentioned that during their first meeting, they had told the opposition that the long march was not an issue for them, but opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto had already indicated his intention to postpone it, giving a specific date.\n\nNaqvi outlined two agreements to be reached: a main agreement covering decisions with opposition parties, and one regarding counterterrorism. He explained that after the initial meeting, they postponed the discussion until the next day, with all members agreeing to the postponement. The opposition team held negotiations with Afridi for four hours, and Afridi provided feedback, giving the PTI a mandate to proceed with any finalized decisions.\n\nEarlier in the day, Naqvi claimed on X that the KP government had agreed to sign a written agreement and submit an implementation plan within 72 hours, mainly addressing counterterrorism initiatives. However, later, Naqvi retracted this information, alleging that the PTI had backed out of these commitments during the final phase of negotiations. He stated that security must not be politicized while the province was at war.\n\nThe opposition and federal government met at Parliament House on Saturday, focusing on the PTI's planned Oct 4 march to Islamabad. The talks continued into the early hours of Sunday without achieving any results. Before 3am on Sunday, Senate Opposition Leader Allama Raja Nasir Abbas revealed that the talks had not reached a breakthrough. He listed issues such as the stalled meeting of PTI founder Imran Khan with his personal physicians and the fight against terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as the main points of deadlock.\n\nMinister of State for Interior Tallal Chaudhry, representing the government, blamed the KP government for not assuring cooperation in the fight against terrorism in the future. He alleged that the PTI's provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa did not want to implement the National Action Plan (NAP) and that the PTI delegation was disappointed by the KP government's lack of cooperation on terrorism.\n\nFollowing these allegations, Chief Minister Afridi posted on X, sharing the draft he had sent to the opposition's negotiating team. He claimed that none of the demands were unconstitutional or illegal and listed several demands, including arranging meetings between the prime minister and opposition leaders, forming a joint political negotiating committee, ensuring legal, human, and medical rights for Imran and his spouse, and allowing Imran and his wife to meet family members, lawyers, and associates.",
  "summary": "Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Sunday that the talks between the federal government and the opposition had collapsed as the PTI had initiated its long march, accusing Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi of “sabotaging” the negotiations. Naqvi was addressing a press conference in Islamabad hours after an hours-long second round of talks between the two sides ended without…",
  "key_points": [
    "Federal government and opposition talks collapse in Pakistan",
    "KP CM Sohail Afridi accused of sabotaging negotiations",
    "Islamabad High Court order prohibits protest activities"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "KP govt backs out of counterterrorism commitments during talks: Naqvi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/kp-govt-backs-out-of-counterterrorism-commitments-during-talks-naqvi",
        "published": "2026-10-04T08:57:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "Naqvi says talks with opposition have collapsed, accuses KP CM of 'sabotaging' negotiation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/naqvi-says-talks-with-opposition-have-collapsed-accuses-kp-cm-of",
        "published": "2026-10-04T11:01:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}