Inside story of meeting between PTI, PML-Q leaders.

LAHORE -- The newly-constituted committee of the federal government led by Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood has met Pakistan Muslim League Quaid (PML-Q) top leader Pervaiz Elahi today, however, it fails to end reservations of the ally political party, media reported on Monday.

Sources said that the meeting fails to bear any fruit as differences persist between PTI and PML-Q. It emerged that Shafqat Mahmood has met separately with Pervaiz Elahi and conveyed the message of Prime Minister Imran Khan to him.

Pervaiz Elahi has also apprised Mahmood the reservations of the PML-Q leaders and said that dialogues could not be continued till the removal of the reservations by the ruling party.

Sources told media that Pervaiz Elahi insisted for implementation of the recommendations tabled by the previous dialogue committee comprising members including Jahangir Tareen and Pervaiz Khattak.

The PML-Q leader said that he will prefer to hold a direct meeting with PM Imran Khan. The dialogue committees of both sides did not finalise the schedule of the next round of talks, sources added.

It is pertinent to mention here that a member of the PM-designated committee to allay concerns of coalition partners, Shafqat Mahmood, approached the leadership of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) today.

Mahmood is part of the...

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