The federal government is afraid of forming the judicial commission on May 9 and November 26 events, PTI leader Shaukat Yousafzai said on Friday.

While appearing on the Aaj News programme Dus, he said that the government’s “inability” shows that it was not authorised.

Since former prime minister Imran Khan’s imprisonment last year on multiple charges, the relationship between the PTI and both the government and military establishment has soured significantly. The deterioration has been marked by protests that often turned violent amid government crackdowns.

In light of the unrest, Khan formed a five-member committee to engage in talks with “anyone,” indicating a change in the PTI’s parliamentary approach. In response, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif assembled a committee composed of ruling coalition members.

The first meeting between the government and PTI committees took place on December 23, marking the beginning of much-anticipated negotiations aimed at reducing political tensions in the country. It ended with the decision that Khan’s party would present its demands to the committee, which it would review and present to the prime minister.

The PTI has set a January 31 deadline to finalise the negotiations.

Yousafzai reiterated that the PTI would not seek National Reconciliation Ordinance to get out of jail. Yousafzai added that he was not in favour of presenting written demands to the government committee as all the minutes have been recorded.

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Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, Adviser to the PM on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah, Senator Irfan Siddiqui, former NA speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, PPP MNA Syed Naveed Qamar, MQM-P leader Farooq Sattar, IPP leader Aleem Khan, PML-Z leader Ijazul Haq, and Khalid Maqsi from the government side attended the meeting.

The PTI side was represented by Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Omar Ayub, Sunni Ittehad Council leader Sahibzad Hamid Raza, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, PTI leader Salman Akram Raja, Asad Qaiser, Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen leader Raja Nasir Abbas.