A meeting of some selected Federal Ministers and senior leadership of the Pakistan People’s Party was held at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Friday.
The meeting chaired by President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister
Syed Yusaf Raza Gilani was attended by Senator Nayyar Hussain Bokhari,
Makhdoom Amin Fahim, Ch. Ahmed Mukhtar, Mr. A. Rehman Malik, Mir Hazar
Khan Bijarani, Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah, Makhdoom Shahabuddin, Syed
Naveed Qamar, Dr. Babar Awan, Senator Jahangir Badar, Senator Faisal
Raza Abidi, Senator Sardar Ali Khan, Mr. Nazar Muhammad Gondal, Mr.
Qamar Zaman Kaira, Raja Parvez Ashraf, Ms. Rukhsana Bangash, Ms. Fouzia
Wahab, Ms. Fouzia Habib and Spokesperson to the President Farhatullah
Babar.
Briefing about the meeting Spokesperson to the President Farhatullah
Babar said that overall political situation with particular reference to
recent developments was discussed during the meeting.
The meeting noted that NRO related cases will come up for hearing before the Supreme Court on 21 November.
The meeting vowed to vigorously defend the sanctity of the graves of
the Mother of Democracy Begum Nusrat Bhutto and the icon of democracy
Shaheed Benazir Bhutto. It expressed the hope that the cry for justice
rising from the grave of Quaid-e-Awam Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in
Garhi Khuda Baksh will also attract the attention of the independent
judiciary.
The meeting noted that Ambassador Hussain Haqqani had been called to
Islamabad to give his view point to the country’s leadership on the
controversial memo. It observed that natural justice demanded that the
Ambassador was given a fair opportunity to give his version of the
controversy.
Situation in Sindh also came under discussion and the meeting reiterated that the policy of reconciliation will continue.
The meeting reposed full confidence in the leadership of President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani. SANA
