Govt offers dialogue as PTI protests GB polls in NA

He said PM Shehbaz, at the outset of his government’s formation, offered the opposition to come to the dialogue table to sort out issues. The law minister said the opposition needed to create an “enabling environment” to address such issues. Regarding the opposition’s demand to allow meetings between PTI’s incarcerated founder Imran Khan and his family members and party leaders, the law minister said the Constitution did not allow convicts to run parties, distribute tickets for legislative assemblies, and take part in politics. About the GB polls, he said the opposition needed to provide proof for any kind of rigging. Earlier, PTI lawmaker Iqbal Afridi holding a banner against the GB election results staged a protest on the stairs of the speaker’s dais. He was also joined by another lawmaker for a demo that lasted a few minutes. During his speech, Opposition Leader Mehmood Khan Achakzai said the government had failed to run the country. He said the opposition had ended its boycott at the government’s request to show unity before a Chinese delegation that visited the National Assembly last month. However, Imran Khan was still not allowed to meet his family, friends, lawyers, and doctors. During the previous session, Achakzai had announced the opposition parties would boycott the budget if Imran Kha