Lahore- Federal Minister for Railways Khwaja Saad Rafique todau said that Imran Khan and Dr. Tahirul Qadri were not ready to hold talks with the government.

"Despite repeated attempts by the government committee, no contact could be made as the PTI chief and PAT chief are not ready to listen to the government,"he said.

The minister questioned: "If someone does not want to talk then how we could proceed with the dialogue process." Rafique said Dr. Qadri was not even ready to listen to MQM chief Altaf

Hussain. He said the government would still continue making earnest efforts to hold

talks with the opposition leaders.