islamabad pakistan finance minister ishaq dar has hinted that negotiations with former prime minister imran khan to end the political crisis were possible if he took corrective measures and apologised to the nation for the may 9 violence in which sensitive military installations were attackeddar made this assertion during a geo news programme on sunday the day when pakistans ruling coalition rejected khans offer for dialogue saying talks were held with politicians not terroristskhan the chairman of the pakistan tehreekeinsaf pti party constituted a sevenmember team to hold talks with the government for developing a consensus on a date for general elections amid a massive crackdown on his party for the may 9 violence following his arrestthe crackdown launched after may 9 violent protests have thrown pti into a deep existential crisis with dozens of key party leaders quitting the party dailythe prominent leaders who have quit the party include secretary general asad umar senior leader fawad chaudhry and former minister shireen mazariif he khan takes corrective measures and apologises to the nation for the may 9 carnage negotiations could be held dar saiddar noted that before that fateful day may 9 the government negotiated with pti with sincere intentions and the two sides agreed on all matters except the date of the electionthe minister said peaceful protest was everyones right but attacks on armed forces installations should not be condonedon may 9 violent protests erupted after paramilitary rangers arrested 70yearold khan from the islamabad high court premises in connection with a corruption casehis party workers vandalised a dozen military installations including the lahore corps commander house the mianwali airbase and the isi building in faisalabad in response to khans arrestthe mob also stormed the army headquarters ghq in rawalpindi for the first timethousands of khans supporters were arrested following the violence that the powerful army described as a dark day in the history of the countrythe ambiguities of the federal governments policy came into sharp focus with railways minister khawaja saad rafique asserting that there was no way talks could be held with khan under the current situationthere used to be an environment and agenda for holding parleys on any issue but the existing atmosphere is not suitable for talks the dawn newspaper quoted him as sayingearlier this month the national assembly the lower house of pakistans parliament passed a resolution vowing to try may 9 rioters under the existing laws including the stringent army act and the official secrets actkhan a cricketerturnedpolitician was ousted from power in april last year after losing a noconfidence vote in his leadership which he alleged was part of a usled conspiracy targeting him because of his independent foreign policy decisions on russia china and afghanistan