Pakistan, July 13 -- In the possible diffusion of the political tensions in Punjab, the government and the opposition have formed their respective negotiation committees to hold dialogue over the issue of speaker's disqualification reference against the latter's members in the Punjab Assembly, the sources familiar with the matter said on Saturday.

With the second session of the negotiation committees set to take place on Sunday (tomorrow), the talks, if successful, might lead to Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan dropping the disqualification reference.

The government side will be led by Mujtaba Shuja ur Rehman and would comprise Salman Rafique, Rana Arshad, Samiullah, Ahmed Iqbal, Ali Haider Gilani, Shafay Hussain and Shoaib Siddiqui. M...