PTI's Elahi calls for end to political deadlock after Khosa briefing
The party president says the region's fast-changing situation demands the deadlock be broken, and that Latif Khosa's political insight matters to PTI.
Pakistan Tehreek-Insaf president Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has said the political deadlock in the country must end because the present situation is in no one's interest, after being briefed by senior party leader and lawyer Sardar Latif Khosa on a recent meeting with the party's founder, Imran Khan.
Aaj News reported that Khosa met Elahi and gave him the details of his recent meeting with the PTI founder, and that the two held a detailed exchange of views on the country's overall political situation. Express News reported that the meeting with Imran Khan was one held by his lawyers, and described Elahi as a former chief minister of Punjab.
Elahi called the recent meeting with the founder a good and welcome step. He said conditions in the region were changing fast, and that this required the political deadlock inside the country to be broken, because the current situation was in no one's interest.
The series of meetings should continue in future, he said. Elahi described Khosa as a highly experienced and seasoned politician, and said his political insight was of importance to the party.
According to both reports, the two leaders also consulted on the party's future course of action and strategy.
Neither report gave the date or place of the meeting between Elahi and Khosa, or of the meeting between Khosa and the PTI founder. Neither said who else attended either meeting.
How the reports differ
Both outlets carried the same statement, but they described the meeting with Imran Khan differently. Express News said the meeting was one held by Imran Khan's lawyers, while Aaj News called it Khosa's own recent meeting with the PTI founder and made no mention of lawyers. Express News also identified Elahi as a former chief minister of Punjab, a title Aaj News did not use.
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