LONDON/ISLAMABAD: MQM chief Altaf Hussain made a telephonic call to President Asif Ali Zardari and inquired about his health.
As per Farhat Ullah Babar, Presidency spokesman, President thanked Altaf Hussain for inquiring about his health.
Well
placed sources told during the telephonic contact both the leaders
exchanged views on further strengthening and improving the relations
between PPP and MQM.
Altaf Hussain held out assurance to
President Zardari MQM would not part ways with PPP for stability of
democratic order in the country and his party would continue
cooperation with ruling party on important national issues.
Sources
told Online Altaf Hussain conveyed his concern to President Zardari
through this telephonic contact over attitude of certain leaders of
PPP. However both of them agreed upon continuing consultation and
dialogue process.
President Zardari told country was passing
through critical phase of its history and no single party could steer
it from the crisis all alone. Sindh was inundated in floods and Punjab
was facing dengue virus. The need was there that the political parties
should get united and move forward together, he stressed.
President
went on to say that PPP believed in politics of reconciliation and it
would continue to pursue this policy envisaged by Benazir Bhutto. MQM
was a political party and it was undeniable reality, he underlined. PPP
respects MQM mandate and said that the dialogue process with MQM would
continue.
Sources told matters related to rejoining the government by MQM were also discussed in the telephonic contact. Online