ISLAMABAD: Another round of talks between senior leaders of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the main opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on the revival of military courts remained inconclusive on Tuesday.

However, the two sides agreed to meet again on Wednesday at 11am in a bid to forge consensus on the issue.

National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq presided over Tuesday`s meeting held in his chamber in the Parliament House.

PPP leader Aitzaz Ahsan told reporters after the meeting that nothing significant was decided in the meeting. `We discussed nine points of the PPP for the revival of military courts, but nothing has so far been decided,` he added.

Asked whether the talks have failed, he said although the deadlock persisted, it did not mean that the talks had failed. If the two sides had not agreed to meet again, it could be said that the talks had failed, he said, adding that the process of negotiation was to continue.

He said a package deal was being discussed, adding that the PPP was insistingfor acceptance of its all nine points. `If the government agrees to our point of view it will have to accept our all nine points instead of one or two,` he added.

The government has already introduced the draft bill of the 23rd Amendment in the Constitution (for revival of military courts for two years) in the National Assembly on Friday.

The PPP and PML-Q have rejected the bill and presented their suggestions which were considered in the meeting.

PPP Secretary General Senator Farhatullah Babar told Dawn that his party was not against the revival of military courts, but it wanted that their tenure should not be more than one year. `The PPP wants that the term of military courts should not be extended beyond 2018,` he added.

According to one of the important demands of the PPP, military courts should be presided over a sessions judge and an additional sessions judge should assist him.

These are the two points of the PPP on which the government has some reservations. It is ready to accept other seven points of the party.

The PPP has also demanded the right of appeal for the accused who could choose a counsel of their choice in terrorism-related cases. One of the party`s points says that evidence against the accused should be presented by the prosecution within 24 hours.