PPP against toppling govt through sit-ins.

ISLAMABAD -- Top Pakistan People's Party leadership does not want to topple the government through sit-ins, close aides said yesterday.

Senior PPP leaders who remain regularly in contact with PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari, told The Nation that the top duo wants to keep the pressure on the government but 'they want a constitutional way out.'

'They believe that a mob should not be allowed to remove the government but are also convinced that this government (led by the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf) should go home as soon as possible. They want to achieve this through a constitutional way not through sit-ins,' said a close aide of the Bhutto family.

Zardari and Bilawal, he said, want Prime Minister Imran Khan to call mid-term elections to make way for a free and fair election.

Another PPP leader said it was due to this policy that Bilawal announced not to participate in any sit-in by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl). 'Zardari agrees with Bilawal. This is a party policy for now,' he added.

Yesterday, the first round of talks between government's negotiation committee and opposition's Rehbar Committee ended as deadlock persisted.

Defence Minister Pervez Khattak said the talks would continue till the deadlock remains. He said Rehbar committee must talk to its leaders as we are always ready for dialogues.

Head of Rehbar Committee Akram Durrani on the occasion said, 'We are firmly sticking to our demands. He...