Pakistan asks Imran Khan to end anti-government protests

Pervez Rashid asked the leadership to take steps for making the "atmosphere conducive to resumption of dialogue"

Pakistan government has asked opposition leader Imran Khan to end his anti-government protests before heading for talks and make an atmosphere conducive to resumption of dialogue.

"Protests and talks cannot go together," Information Minister Pervez Rashid said on Saturday while addressing a meeting of the Federal Executive Council of a faction of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists.

The minister asked the leadership to take steps for making the "atmosphere conducive to resumption of dialogue," the Dawn reported.