ISLAMABAD:,,, Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting Faisal Javed has said the government is ready to talk to the opposition on public-interest issues such as electoral reforms and COVID-19, but not on the corruption cases against opposition leaders.

Talking to media here at Parliament House on Wednesday, he categorically stated that Prime Minister Imran Khan will not give National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) to the opposition leaders facing corruption cases at any cost.

Presenting before the media draft of the opposition for amendments in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) law, Senator Faisal Javed said the opposition proposed amendments in 34 of the 38 provisions of the NAB Act.

He said the opposition wanted that all the corruption cases before 1999 should be closed and corruption below one billion rupees should not be taken up by the NAB.

He said the opposition also desired change in the definition of Benami and that the international evidence should not be presented before the NAB.

Faisal Javed said the opposition’s public meetings were flopped shows, and therefore, they are also showing reluctance to give resignations from assemblies.

Speaking on the occasion, Senator Zeeshan Khanzada said the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) campaign has failed as people have rejected them. He said people have understood that the PTI government is following long-term policies for betterment of the country.