Negotiations between the All Parties alliance, representing families of the martyrs, and the government delegation have officially broken down, according to Abdul Rahim Ziaratwal. Meanwhile, a complete shutter-down strike was observed in Duki on a call given by the All Parties alliance.

The deadlock between the two sides remains unresolved. Dharna Committee leader Asghar Khan Achakzai announced that the next phase of the protest strategy would be declared shortly from the sit-in stage. The committee has since formally confirmed the failure of talks between the government and the dharna committee, with Achakzai addressing protesters at the sit-in.

Speaking to the gathering, Achakzai said the government delegation and the dharna committee had earlier reached agreement on a draft settlement. However, he alleged that when the draft was taken for consultation to a senior figure, that individual in turn sought advice from another senior figure, and on two separate occasions, the government committee returned not with the agreed draft, but with an entirely revised version.

Achakzai further alleged that the government committee had been sabotaging the negotiation process for the past two days, which is why the protest side had refused to hold talks on Wednesday as a mark of protest. He said that after repeated instances of what he described as betrayal by the government, the bereaved families and the committee held internal consultations.

Following those consultations, Achakzai said, a decision was taken that the committee would no longer even discuss the draft that had earlier been agreed upon. Any future talks, he said, would only take place on the original, day-one demands, and only with what he called the "real owners" of the government, a reference to those he holds ultimately responsible for decision-making. He called on the government to bring forward these decision-makers so that talks could be held with them directly and transparently.

Achakzai reaffirmed that the sit-in would continue and announced that a strike would be observed across the province today. He said the next phase of the protest movement would be decided through consultation and announced on Friday.

The protest is part of an ongoing sit-in by families of martyred police personnel, along with nationalist and religious political parties under the All Parties banner, which has been staging a demonstration in Quetta alongside the bodies of the martyred officials of Mangi Dam. Previous rounds of talks between the government and the protest committee have also ended in stalemate, with the province witnessing repeated strikes and shutter-down calls as the standoff drags on. Accounts of the negotiations' progress have varied between different representatives of the protest side, reflecting the fluid and contested nature of the ongoing talks.