Islamabad : The Pakistan Muslim League-Q and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) have reportedly finalised the details of a plan for the PML-Q to join the ruling coalition government.
Top PML-Q leaders- Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Chaudhry Parvaiz Elahi- and Pakistan President and PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari had a meeting at the Presidency that lasted for about two hours.
A close aide to Zardari told Dawn on the condition of anonymity that the president was hopeful that the two parties would form an alliance soon.
PPP sources said that under the draft agreement, the two parties would work out a seat adjustment accord for the next general elections, the Punjab provincial assembly elections and Senate polls to be held in 2012.
It has been agreed that the sitting MNAs of the PPP and the Q-League would be given tickets from their respective constituencies, the report said.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani did not attend the meeting, and there are reports that he is not pleased with the understanding between the two parties.
PPP sources said that Gilani had not been invited to three previous meetings between Zardari and the Q-League leadership.
When contacted, Zardari's spokesman Farhatullah Babar declined to confirm reports circulating in the capital that the two sides had thrashed out plans for what sources in both parties described as a 'national reconciliation government'. ANI
