Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan dismissed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's dialogue offer as a symbolic gesture in Rawalpindi, stating the government has taken no concrete steps toward political engagement. Speaking to reporters, Gohar said PTI leaders had been blocked from meeting jailed party founder Imran Khan for nearly a year, noting the last visit occurred in October last year.

Gohar's remarks followed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's conditional offer in Islamabad for talks if the PTI ends its long march. PM Shehbaz warned that sit-ins and long marches would first damage the national economy, urging the opposition to halt protests before negotiations begin.

The PTI chairman also reported that non-political relatives, including the party founder's sisters and cousin Qasim Zaman, had been detained. Gohar maintained that PTI entered talks in good faith but the government lacked seriousness, while adding that none of the party's demands were illegal.

On security, Gohar stated that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa remains the province hardest hit by terrorism and called for the implementation of the National Action Plan. PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja stated outside the Islamabad High Court that the long march will continue until matters are finalized, directing the government to contact opposition leaders Mahmood Khan Achakzai and Allama Raja Nasir Abbas for dialogue.

Raja rejected claims that negotiations were settled and blamed the government for planning operations in five Khyber Pakhtunkhwa districts without consultation. Separately, PTI leader Asad Qaiser stated in a video release that peaceful protest remains the party's constitutional right until its legitimate demands are met.