ISLAMABAD: PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry Tuesday said that the real power in the country rests with the establishment and that his party will only talk with them.
The statement from the former information minister came after reports emerged that Imran Khan had a meeting with a key figure recently to resolve misunderstandings.
Talking to a private news channel, Fawad, in a tone reflecting helplessness and disenchantment with their political opponents, asked the anchor how the establishment could be kept out or ignored while negotiating.
He said the real power and authority to make decisions resided with the establishment that removed the PTI government. In Pakistan, only non-elected people made decisions and not the elected representatives, who he claimed had no power.
Fawad admitted that it was the political leadership’s collective failure to developed a system where political opponents sat at the negotiating table to discuss intricate issues and reach rapprochements.
