Pakistani opposition groups on Wednesday resumed talks with the government in a bid to end the political crisis rocking the country, but remained in a stalemate over demands for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s resignation.
The fresh talks came after days of clashes between police and club-wielding anti-government protesters left three dead and hundreds injured, raising fears of an intervention by the powerful military that has ruled Pakistan for more than half its history.
‘In view of the current political situation in Pakistan, the governments of China and Pakistan have mutually agreed to postponement of the state visit of HE. Xi Jinping, president of China, to Pakistan, which was scheduled to take place later this month,’ the ministry said in a statement.
The fresh talks came after days of clashes between police and club-wielding anti-government protesters left three dead and hundreds injured, raising fears of an intervention by the powerful military that has ruled Pakistan for more than half its history.
‘In view of the current political situation in Pakistan, the governments of China and Pakistan have mutually agreed to postponement of the state visit of HE. Xi Jinping, president of China, to Pakistan, which was scheduled to take place later this month,’ the ministry said in a statement.