--- title: "Achakzai open to talks with PM but rejects venue at PM House or Speaker’s chamber" description: "Most outlets reported that Mehmood Khan Achakzai expressed openness to talks with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, while emphasizing his rejection of meetings at the Prime Minister’s House or Speaker’s chamber. Business Recorder noted his explicit refusal to the venues, while Minute Mirror led with his openness to dialogue but briefly mentioned the venue rejection." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/11823-achakzai-says-ready-for-talks-but-not-at-pm-s-house site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Achakzai open to talks with PM but rejects venue at PM House or Speaker’s chamber pakistan · updated 2 Oct 2026, 5:29 AM PKT · 1–2 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that Mehmood Khan Achakzai expressed openness to talks with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, while emphasizing his rejection of meetings at the Prime Minister’s House or Speaker’s chamber. Business Recorder noted his explicit refusal to the venues, while Minute Mirror led with his openness to dialogue but briefly mentioned the venue rejection. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Business Recorder** — [Achakzai says ready for talks but not at PM’s House or Speaker’s chamber](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40442248/achakzai-says-ready-for-talks-but-not-at-pms-house-or-speakers-chamber) · 2 Oct 2026, 5:29 AM PKT > ISLAMABAD: The opposition leader in National Assembly Mehmood Khan Achakzai on Thursday stopped short of ruling out talks with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, but made it clear that any such meeting would not take place at the Prime Minister’s House, the PM’s Office or the speaker’s chamber. His remarks came as the government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) traded warnings over the party’s pl... - **Minute Mirror** — [Achakzai open to talks but rejects PM House meetin...](https://minutemirror.com.pk/achakzai-open-to-talks-but-rejects-pm-house-meeting-638254/) · 1 Oct 2026, 6:44 PM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing > National Assembly Opposition Leader Mehmood Khan Achakzai has said he remains open to talks with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Government rejects Achakzai's request for neutral venue for talks with PM Shehbaz](https://harzaviya.com/stories/14874-govt-insists-on-pm-house-as-venue-for-talks-with-opposition) · 18 Oct 2026 · 3 outlets · 85% related - [Prime Minister invites opposition leader for talks](https://harzaviya.com/stories/10740-pm-invites-achakzai-for-talks) · 26 Sep 2026 · 3 outlets · 84% related - [Achakzai urges PTI to respond to potential government talks](https://harzaviya.com/stories/12744-achakzai-asks-pti-to-respond-positively-if-govt-formally) · 7 Oct 2026 · 2 outlets · 82% related - [Achakzai says talks impossible without Imran Khan meeting](https://harzaviya.com/stories/12901-achakzai-says-talks-impossible-without-imran-meeting) · 8 Oct 2026 · 3 outlets · 78% related - [PM Shehbaz invites opposition for dialogue to address political and economic issues](https://harzaviya.com/stories/4012-pm-shehbaz-invites-opposition-for-meaningful-talks) · 21 Aug 2026 · 11 outlets · 73% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 1–2 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.