Imran Khan suspends talks with Sharif, calls him a coward

Lohore, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf leader Imran Khan today announced that he will not engage with the Nawaz Sharifgovernment, urging people to break the shackles of fear and fight for their freedom.
“Nawaz Sharif you are a coward, you should not hide behind the looters sitting in the assembly.”
“I’m appealing to you… farmers, policemen, armymen of Pakistan… fight for your freedom,” Khan, a former cricketer, said while addressing a rally in Islamabad.
“I want you to make a promise with me today… freedom demands a lot of sacrifices,” Imran Khan appealed to his supporters telling police officials that their only boss was God. “If bullets are fired, I will stand in their way.”
Meanwhile, the PTI rally breaks into a sing-song much like our very own Indian activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party.

The Nawaz Sharif government is seriously thinking over the demands made by Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) party chief Tahir-ul-Qadri and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party chief Imran Khan, after the second dialogue session today morning,media reported

Pakistani press reported that the government was examining the six demands made by Imran Khan. “Imran Khan’s six demands comprise — Nawaz Sharif quit as prime minister, mid-term elections be held, electoral reforms be made, forming impartial interim government through political consensus, resignation of the Election Commission of Pakistan, and Article 6 of the constitution be invoked against those involved in the “rigging” of May 2013 elections and awarded punishments,” the report says.

The Sharif government met with a team from PTI, the opposition party led by Imran Khan in a bid to end impasse. Both sides are expected to meet again today.
An intransigent Imran Khan who yesterday had said he would not talk to anyone agreed to negotiate – hours after the army called for dialogue

The US has said that it does not support any extra-constitutional changes in Pakistan, where deadlock continues between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and two key opposition figures seeking his resignation over allegations of corruption and election rigging.
“We support the constitutional and electoral process in Pakistan, which elected Nawaz Sharif as the Prime Minister. That was a process they followed, an election they had, and we are focused on working with Pakistan,” State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf told reporters.
“We do not support any extra-constitutional changes to that democratic system or people attempting to impose them,” Harf said.-PTI