Govt welcomes comprehensive not transactional dialogue with PTI: Kh Asif.

ISLAMABAD -- Minister for Defence, Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Friday said the government was ready to hold a comprehensive dialogue with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for the sake of the country's prosperity and national interest.

The government would not oblige by entering into any transactional dialogue with the opposition, as nothing would come out of it, he said.

Addressing a news conference with the foreign media flanked by the Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Marriyum Aurangzeb, the Defence Minister briefed the foreign correspondents on the so-called PTI narrative and subversions of the constitution.

Khawaja Asif said, 'We assumed this govt almost a year back. We are completing one year in power as a result of the successful vote of no confidence against the then government.'

'To prevent that vote of no confidence different unconstitutional actions were taken by Imran Khan's government and his collaborators were the President and Deputy Speaker.'

He added that around midnight the decisions of dissolution of the assembly and other decisions were overturned by the...