Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq Reiterates Invitation for Dialogue with Opposition
Independent Report
Islamabad, 12th November 2025: During today’s session of the National Assembly, Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq emphasized the importance of dialogue between the government and the opposition, extending a renewed invitation to engage in constructive talks.
The Speaker highlighted that Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, while addressing the House, had repeatedly invited the opposition to hold discussions. “The Federal Minister for Law and Justice has also extended similar invitations on multiple occasions,” he added.
“I, as Speaker of the National Assembly, am ready to facilitate dialogue between the government and the opposition,” said Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, stressing that “solutions will emerge when both sides sit together.”
He further noted, “Even if no immediate outcome is achieved, continued dialogue will ultimately lead to positive results. It is my responsibility to provide a platform for both sides to engage in talks.”
Responding to remarks by MNA Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, the Speaker said, “When your side proposed the formation of a negotiation committee, you did not approach me. Demonstrating magnanimity, the Prime Minister constituted a high-level negotiation committee comprising all coalition partners.”
“The committee held three meetings, and it was not the government but the opposition that boycotted the process. The dialogue process must continue to achieve better outcomes. My role is to facilitate; the decision ultimately rests with you,” he added.
Sardar Ayaz Sadiq also stated, “I have defeated your leader twice in elections. In the recent election, no petition was filed against me, neither challenging my victory nor the results from my constituency. How, then, can it be said that we are not the true representatives of the people?”
Urging the opposition to accept his invitation, he said, “Constructive engagement will bring solutions, while confrontation will lead nowhere.”
He concluded by noting, “You advocate dialogue with India, Afghanistan, and Iran, yet that too requires sitting together and talking. Let us begin by talking here, within our own House.”
