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Friday, September 16, 2011

MQM will not leave PPP: Altaf assures Zardari

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