PTI leader Sher Afzal Marwat has disclosed that the government and establishment had proposed house arrest for PTI Founder Imran Khan through Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, which the former prime minister unequivocally rejected.

Marwat claimed that Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi had also suggested releasing the founder on December 22 last year, but this offer was also dismissed.

Marwat claimed that no more backdoor talks were taking place. “If Mohsin Naqvi had been part of the negotiation process, the meeting would have taken place by now,” he stated, adding that the government’s reluctance to engage meaningfully is causing disappointment within PTI ranks. 

The PTI firebrand suggested that the PTI negotiation committee was not being facilitated for a meeting with Imran Khan as the authorities did not want Khan to make any statements during the process. He added that the developments of the last couple of days had created disappointment, and hoped the PTI team is able to meet the party founder tomorrow. 

Marwat remarked that the government was unable to facilitate a meeting of the negotiation committee with Imran Khan, adding that the government did not interfere, and the permission was granted from elsewhere. "If the government was interested, the negotiation committee would have met the founder already," he claimed. 

"If this continues, it will be difficult to return to the negotiation table,” he warned. He also mentioned that efforts to contact the National Assembly speaker had failed, as he ignored the calls.