{"id":4361,"date":"2025-04-19T12:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T12:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4361"},"modified":"2025-04-19T12:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T12:04:09","slug":"pti-awaits-alvis-nod-to-begin-talks-azam-swati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4361","title":{"rendered":"PTI awaits Alvi\u2019s nod to begin talks: Azam Swati"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Azam Swati has said that the party is awaiting a response from former president Arif Alvi before initiating any political dialogue, adding that discussions would only take place in support of democracy and constitutional rule.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters outside the judicial complex in Rawalpindi on Saturday, Swati dismissed speculation of a political deal, saying, \u201cthose claiming a deal is under way have lost their senses,\u201d Express News reported.<\/p>\n<p>He clarified that any engagement would not be aimed at securing the release of party&#8217;s founding chairman Imran Khan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Khan talks, it will only be for democracy and the constitution,\u201d Swati said.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that Dr Arif Alvi, a close aide to Khan, was expected to visit last week but had postponed until next week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe await his reply before taking the next step,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks came during Swati\u2019s visit to express solidarity with PTI leader Aliya Hamza, who was arrested a day earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Swati also commented on the party\u2019s declining influence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told Khan that I had 100,000 votes in Mansehra, and now not even one. Our standing is no longer what it was \u2014 today, our strength lies with the founder and the public,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Swati also praised Alvi as \u201ca great man and Khan\u2019s right hand,\u201d underlining his role in guiding any future political move.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Azam Swati has said that the party is awaiting a response from former president Arif Alvi before initiating any political dialogue, adding that discussions would only take place in support of democracy and constitutional rule. Speaking to reporters outside the judicial complex in Rawalpindi on Saturday, Swati dismissed speculation of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}