LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday formed a three-member committee to hold talks with Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on the polls date issue, though Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah categorically made it clear that election to the Punjab Assembly would not be held on May 14 despite all-out efforts of the opposition party.

In another significant development, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah warned the State Bank of Pakistan officials against disbursing Rs21 billion to the Election Commission of Pakistan for holding polls in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, indicating that the money would be ‘recovered’ from whoever authorises the payment.

Earlier, PTI Secretary General Asad Umar made the announcement of the three-member committee on Twitter, saying that the decision of committee formation came after a meeting between PTI Chairman Imran Khan and JI Emir Sirajul Haq to break free from the current impasse.

Issuing a notification in this regard, Umar said the committee included former chief minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak, PTI Senator Ejaz Ahmad Chaudhry and former Punjab minister Mian Mehmoodur Rashid.

A day earlier, Siraj initiated efforts to bring the PTI and the ruling alliance to the negotiating table by holding separate meetings with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the PTI chief.