Doors for talks with opposition, JUI-F always open: Minister

ISLAMABAD, Nov 3 (APP):Minister for Maritime Affairs, Ali Zaidi on Sunday invited the opposition parties and Jamiat-Ulama-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) to come forward for talks with the government.

The doors for talks with the opposition and JUI-F would remain open, he stated while talking to private news channel program.

It was the democratic right of every citizen and political party to stage protest, but it should be within the constitutional parameters, he said.

In reply to a question, the minister said the PPP and PML-N had lost popularity among masses and due to that reason, they had confined to Sindh and Punjab regions, while Tehreek-e-Insaf was the most popular party of the country.

To another question about people gathered at Peshawar More, he said JUI-F was using simple people for political purpose.