Khan in his immediate reaction rejected the offer as "too

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Last Updated : Aug 13 2014 | 5:55 PM IST
party and other opposition parties to accept the offer of Sharif and call off the rally.
Javed Hashmi, a senior and popular PTI leader, has decided to stay away from the protest and instead going to Islamabad, he has gone to his hometown of Multan in southern Punjab.
"Whenever there is a difficult situation, I come to my constituency to sort it out with consensus," said Hashmi on his arrival in Multan.
Sources said that Hashmi has warned PTI that the situation might go out of control, paving way for intervention of army.
Syed Khursheed Shah of Pakistan People's Party has also asked Khan to accept offer by the government.
But the main hope is JI chief Sirajul Haq who has said several times that he was making serious efforts to avoid the standoff.
The News International also in one of its reports said today that Khan will strike an agreement with the government by tomorrow to settle the issues.
It is believed that Khan and Qadri will give very tough time to Sharif's government and may result in the intervention of army if the law and order situation go out of control.
Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif dismissed the possibility of a coup and said relations between the civilian government and military were "cordial and fine".
The prospect of unrest triggered the biggest fall in Pakistan's benchmark stock index since 2009.
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