No talks

THE opposition Tehreek-i-Tahafuz Ayin-i-Pakistan has announced that there will be no more talks with the government till the latter yields on the one thing it has resolutely sought to prevent: a meeting with jailed former prime minister Imran Khan. Having handed authority for further negotiation to Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Mahmood Khan Achakzai, the TTAP has made that meeting a precondition for a return to the table. If there is any desire among the decision-makers to keep political temperatures in check, the government will take up Mr Achakzai’s offer to reason with…