SIALKOT: The Defence Minister, Khawaja Asif, stated that the federal government is still open to dialogue with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party before their planned nationwide protests.

“From our side, dialogue offer to PTI still intact,” said the defence minister during his interaction with journalists in Sialkot on Sunday. 

Last week, the incarcerated PTI founder called on his supporters to march to Islamabad on November 24. “Imran Khan says this is the final call for a [anti-government] protest. The PTI founder has stressed that the party’s entire leadership will be part of the march,” said his lawyer Faisal Chaudhry following a meeting in Adiala Jail. 

Khan has been behind bars since August last year after he was sentenced in the Toshakhana case and subsequently sentenced in other cases.