Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Qamar Zaman Kaira, while speaking to Express News, said that PTI chief Imran Khan’s step to call for civil disobedience will have consequences.Kaira termed the government’s step to form two committees to negotiate with both PTI and PAT, "a good step", however, he added, "it has been done late. The government has been taking delayed steps.”“I am amazed at who advised Imran on civil disobedience,” Nisar says, adding, “Civil disobedience is not directed against the government, it is against the state.”“He (Imran) has even made this a part of PTI’s policy,” the interior minister says.Read here for the full story."The committees, which will be announced tomorrow, will comprise leaders of all leading political parties and will get to work immediately," Nisar says in his press conference.Further, the interior minister adds, “The government has decided, that as a goodwill gesture it (PML-N) will constitute two separate committees to negotiate with PTI and PAT.”"I request Imran Khan not to make the nation suffer in misery, do not sacrifice the lives of people at the alter of politics," Nisar says.The interior minister, in a press conference refers to PTI chief Imran Khan and says, "We are willing to listen to every constitutional demand of yours."Express News screengrab of Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar during a press conference.Concluding his address, Qadri reiterates that they will not leave from here without bringing a revolution.Appreciating the efforts of the Pakistan Army, Qadri clarifies that he would be the first person to oppose the imposition of martial law.Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has left Raiwind for Islamabad, Express News reports.It is expected that the premier will meet with Jamaat-e-Islami chief Sirajul Haq and Leader of the Opposition Khursheed Shah.Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif reaches Islamabad from Raiwind, Express News reports."Tonight, only 24 hours will be left to our deadline," Qadri says, reading out his 10-point agenda.With PTI’s Azadi march moving towards the Red Zone, here is another look at the logistical overview of the Red Zone and the planned site of the protests.ANIMATION: EXPRESS CREATIVE“We will not let this corrupt, violent government rule,” the PAT chief says while the crowds chant “Go Nawaz go.”Waving a copy of the Constitution of Pakistan up, Qadri says that his ‘Inqilab’ march is about sticking to Quaid-e-Azam’s commitments.Express News screengrab of the PAT chief holding up a copy of the Constitution of Pakistan during his address to his workers.PTI workers are trying to remove the last containers blocking the Red Zone as policemen on alert can be seen banging their sticks on their shields.Qadri says that a deadline has been given and the "so-called prime minister has left for Raiwind", adding that maybe PM Nawaz wants to run the country in his final week from his home.As PAT chief Dr Tahirul Qadri takes the stage to address his rally, PTI's 'Azadi' march head towards the Red Zone.Q: @TalhaDX There are talks that CM Shahbaz Sharif will resign. Do you think it is happening today?MZ: I doubt it very much.Talking to Express News, Minister for Information Pervaiz Rasheed says that PML-N is ready for talks and they are in contact with Qadri and Imran through back door channels.Rasheed adds that to talk openly they are having consultative meetings."We are looking for the right people to negotiate with Imran Khan."Q: Sarah Farukh @sarahfarukh @etribune so is there any face saving for PTI in this?MZ: I don’t see one as of now unless IK is able to sell to his supporters a defeat as a victory.Q: Saadi @midaasm Are the demands of PTI justified? Will Ch Nisar resign? Is NS trial of treason against Musharaf wrong? Is martial law possible?MZ: Unjustified demands. Nisar will not resign.Q: @kayfarooq Sir, do you see violence next?MZ:I don’t see any violence, next.Q: @ihtshams so will IK back down?MZ: IK will back down.Welcome Ziauddin sb. The first Q from our reader @etribune: What do you make of the current situation? Where do you think PTI is heading with this today?MZ: PTI has painted itself into a tight corner with the demand that PM resign. This is not going to happen unless a vote of confidence is moved on the NA or the army intervenes. Both not possible.Given all the confusion and uncertainty surrounding the current political situation, we have invited our former Executive Editor M Ziauddin to join us for these live updates.Ziauddin sb needs no introduction – you can read all about himHe will be taking reader questions and commenting on the situation as it unfolds to provide his valuable analysis of the situation.Readers can send their questions through Twitter (@etribune) by adding the hashtag #AskTribune, or through the comments section of our live updates with the same hashtag. His answers will appear in the live updates.According to sources, the consultative meeting chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Lahore today has decided to form a core group for consultation on the current political crisis.The core group will include representation from all political parties.Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar has deployed 10,000 more security forces in Islamabad, Express News reports.Addressing PAT participants, Haider Abbas Rizvi says that efforts of MQM chief Altaf Hussain have brought political temperatures down.“Stake holders should refrain from provactive statements,” he adds.PTI MNA Dr arif Alvi says that PTI chairman Imran Khan will announce his charter of demands at 6pm today.An MQM delegation led by Haider Abbas Rizvi arrives at Khayaban-e-Suharwardy to meet PAT chief Dr Tahirul Qadri.Governor Sindh Dr Ishrtaul Ebad calls Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar, Governor Punjab Chaudhry Sarwar and Federal Minister for Railways Saad Rafique to discuss the current political situtaion, Express News reports.Addressing a joint press conference with Leader of the Opposition Khursheed Shah, JI chief Sirajul Haq says that he will not let "democracy derail"."I will go to Islamabad tomorrow and talk to the politicians, we will not allow the abrogation of our constitution," he says.Further, Shah says that if the Parliament keeps functioning they will be able to resolve issues.“Imran Khan assured us that he will remain peaceful,” says Shah.Pervez Elahi has reached Aabpara Chowk to meet with Dr Tahirul Qadri.Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar warned on Saturday evening that intelligence reports indicated suicide bombers had entered the capital where the PTI and the PAT were holding protest rallies, Radio Pakistan reported.Read here for the full story.Taking the stage for the third time, Imran urges the nation to step out and join them as they make history.“PTI will fulfil Quaid-e-Azam and Allama Iqbal’s vision for this nation.”Meanwhile, Jamaat-e-Islami chief Sirajul Haq has said that the government should start negotiations with PTI, PAT, The Express Tribunecorrespondent Azam Khan reports.Siraj went on to add that the Punjab governor had assured him that the army would not intervene in the current political crisis.Further, he added that Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan had invited him to come to Islamabad but he urged the interior minister to avoid any delay in negotiations. He said he would be able to leave for Islamabad tomorrow (Sunday).A PPP committee led by Rehman Malik will meet Chaudhry Shujaat at his residence at 10pm, sources toldcorrespondent Irfan Ghauri. “It will be the first formal and public initiative since the marches reached Islamabad,” the source added.The government is using two separate channels to negotiate with PAT chief Tahirul Qadri and PTI chief Imran Khan.The Chaudhrys are being used by the government to pacify Qadri, while Jamaat-e-Islami is being used to negotiate with Imran Khan.PTI supporters sitting on top of the Aabpara signboard. PHOTO: MUHAMMAD JAVAID/EXPRESS“Chaudhry Nisar, Pervaiz Khattak and I are asking you to leave the monarchy and join PTI,” says Imran before taking a seat again.“Nisar, I have so far kept this crowd’s ‘junoon’ in control, but won’t be able to for long,” says Imran.“When you see oppression and injustice, it is incumbent on each one of you to act and stop it,” says Imran.Addressing Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar, Imran says that the time has come to decide if he wants to be a slave or he wants to make a ‘naya’ Pakistan.The PTI chief says that this sit-in has a time limit, adding “This ‘tsunami’ can go through the Red Zone, around Parliament House and into the PM House.”Imran takes the stage again and warns that this ‘tsunami’ can turn towards Parliament as well.AML leader Shiekh Rasheed claims that Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has damaged Pakistan’s economy.Express News screengrab of Sheikh Rasheed.Imran Khan momentarily returns to the mic to tell his supporters to remain peacefulImran says, “We have no cost, we are here to stay. Nawaz Sharif, we won’t spare you till you resign.”“Where does the electricity disappear?” he asks rhetorically, adding, “You see, the most amount of money is made from electricity theft.”“Prime Minister Imran Khan will never lie to you,” says Imran.Never elect a businessman to run a country, says Imran, in reference to the prime minister.“I didn’t get a chance to go to Balochistan and Sindh, because I needed to win the match in Punjab first,” Imran says to his supporters.The PTI chief refers to Nawaz as “Mughal-e-Azam Sahib”.He tells his supporters that Nawaz’s future appears bleak, as the alleged rigging that took place in the general elections will be proven.“The first wicket has fallen, as an FIR is being registered against Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif,” he says.“We will celebrate freedom all night,” Imran says.“I will sleep and wake up, on this stage. I am here to stay,” he says to hius supporters.He adds, “you can go home and come back, and I will still be here.”PTI chief Imran Khan begins his address saying that he has heard rumours that he has fallen ill.Clarifying this, he says that he went back home last night for the sake of his workers.Imran Khan is on the podium, getting ready to address his supporters.Former band member of Junoon Salman Ahmad takes the stage, says all promises made by Imran Khan will be fulfilled before singing, ’‘.Imran is flanked by senior PTI leaders Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Javed Hashmi and Shafqat Mahmood.The PTI chief is making his way to the stage.“We are not going to head back to Bani Gala or Zaman Park until the prime minister resigns,” says PTI chief Imran Khan while talking toThe PTI chief has reached Serena Chowk.The PAT chief further adds that the problems of 200 million people cannot be solved by recounting polls in a couple of constituencies.“Mid-term elections are not the solution for the poor,” he says, adding that he doesn’t want them because the same people will come in power.“Tonight, I will announce the time frame for the revolution,” says Qadri.“The revolution cannot come through the Parliament, because the whole election process is invalid and unconstitutional,” he says.Some supporters of Qadri and Imran Khan running for shelter as rain starts pouring once again in the capital, our correspondent Qamar Zaman reports.Further, he reports that leaders of both rallies, which are being held parallel to each other, are being addressed by their leaders right now with the some at the tail of these sit-ins complaining that they cannot hear the speeches properly“I am a staunch believer of democracy, it signifies and eradicates all kinds of corruption ” says Qadri.Questioning if this (PML-N government) is democracy, he says “people are homeless and are unable to educate their children.”Qadri demands the de-politicisation of state institutions.Qadri says he won’t allow the dichotomy of a different law for the poor and rich to exist anymore.“The national government will not allow any corrupt person to be a public officer,” he says.Qadri further adds that he wants every person to be eligible for a loan.Qadri says, “We want a system of devolution in which the issues of the poor are settled by their union councils.”“The government has not conducted local bodies elections,” says the Canada-based cleric.The PAT chief says that, “Hazaras should form a separate province, and Gilgit-Baltistan and south Punjab should each be made into a separate province.”Qadri says that sectarianism should be eliminated, adding that the rights of minorities should be protected.“No one will be allowed to raise a hand on any minority, and if they do, their hands will be chopped off,” he says.The national government should decrease the prices of gas and electricity, Qadri says.Further, he adds that women should be employed through home-industry programmes.“Every person should get(bread),(clothes) and(employment),” Qadri says.“There should be free compulsory education for everyone, as well as medical treatment for the less fortunate,” the PAT chief adds.“The national government should take a step for the accountability of corrupt political leaders, technocrats and bureaucrats,” says Qadri.He adds, “The national government should make a 10-point socio-economic package to eliminate povertyHe goes on to say, “According to Articles 62 and 63, no bank defaulter, tax evader can be made MPA or MNA. However, almost 6%0 to 70% of the assembly constitutes of people who are involved in corruption.”“A national government should be formed for democratic reforms,” he says.Parliament and provincial assemblies should be dissolved, he says, adding that the cabinet should be dismissed.Qadri begins to announce his charter of demands.“I forgive Islamabad’s Gullu Butt,” Qadri says.An unidentified man, who is allegedly armed, is being dragged by PAT supporters on to the stage.“I will not leave until the Sharif brothers are arrested,” a fiesty Qadri says.“Nawaz has no right to remain as the PM after the Lahore session courts’ decision to register a case against him and 21 of his government members in the Model Town clashes,” Qadri says.He also says their names should be placed in the ECL.“Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif must step down,” says the PTI chief.“The 14 innocent people killed during the clashes in Model Town on June 17 are asking me, if I, and millions of these participants will betray their blood,” he says showing a poster of two women who were killed.“I’ll explain our charter of reforms and demands in Urdu and English, both,” the PAT chief says.The PAT chief requests shop owners and restaurant owners of Aabpara Market, Melody, Khayaban-e-Suharwardy to open their markets and restaurants so that people can get food and essential supplies.“I guarantee that no supporter will cause any kind of loss,” he says.Urging shop owners not to raise their prices, he says his supporters have gathered here for a revolution.“There is no terrorist, thug or criminal in the ‘Inqilab’ march,” Qadri says.The PAT chief went on to say that, “It is the responsibility of the police to register these cases, or they should prepare for the consequences.”“I have heard that additional session judge Lahore has ordered that cases be registered against PM Nawaz and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif for the Model Town clashes,” says Qadri.“Before my address even began, a court has ordered the registration of a murder case against Nawaz and Shahbaz,” says Qadri, as the crowd breaks in to cheers.Qadri is at the rally and will begin his address soon, according toKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak has left Islamabad for Peshawar,reports.PML-Q senior leader Chaudhry Pervez Elahi has arrived at the PAT rally, according toThe interior minister will hold a press conference at 6pm.Jamaat-e-Islami chief Sirajul Haq accepts Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar’s request to fly to the federal capital ahead of the sit-ins.According to, Nisar had said that he would send a special plane to bring the JI chief to Islamabad, to which Haq said that he would consult with his party before making a decision.Earlier, Haq was tasked with the responsibility of bringing PTI to the negotiating table. Further, on August 15, Haq gave his four-point agenda asking the government to form a negotiating committee immediately.Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan visits the venue of PAT’s sit-in and praises security officials for their services, according toPTI Central Information Secretary Shireen Mazari, while speaking to, says party leadership and the PTI chief will spend the night with his supporters.JI Ameer Sirajul Haq condemns the incident in Gujranwala, referring to the attack on Imran Khan’s convoy yesterday.He says that the PAT chief’s 10-point agenda is positive and there is nothing unconstitutional about it.Haq says JI has set up medical camps for PTI as well as PAT workers, and is making arrangements for food for them as well.He adds that electoral reforms are the demand of all political parties.Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar, while speaking to reporters, says things get resolved when political forces talk to each other.He adds that Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has played a positive role in defusing the prevailing political situation in the country.Qadri briefly spoke to his workers and supporters, thanking them for being a part of the ‘Inqilab’ rally and urging them to remain peaceful.He said he will present his charter of demands and reforms when he formally addresses his supporters at 4pm.Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) supporters are slowly streaming in, eager to hear their party chief address the rally. Hundreds of buses can be seen over a stretch, and are packed on Khayaban-e-Suharwardy in the capital.