PPP Senior leaders meet with Former President Asif Ali Zardari, overall political situation discussed

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A meeting of the senior leadership of the PPP was held Sunday night in Bilawal House Karachi. The meeting, presided over by former President Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, was attended among others by Makhdoom Ameen Faheem, Ms. Faryal Talpur, Yousuf Raza Gillani, Raja Pervez Ashraf, Khursheed Shah, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Raza Rabbani, Farhatullah Babar, Ch. A. Majid, Mehdi Shah, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Naveed Qamar, Farooq Naek, Dr. Fehmida Mirza, Latif Khosa, Jehangir Badar, Akhunzada Chattan, Manzoor Watto, Imtiaz Safdar Waraich, Rehman Malik, Yousuf Talpur, Ali Nawaz Shah, Rukhsana Bangash, Fozia Habib, Islamuddin Sheikh, Malik Hakmeen, Nisar Khuhru, Sadiq Umrani, A Qadir Patel, Ch. Yasin, Manzoor Wassan, Murad Ali Shah, Ms. Samina Khalid Ghurki, Javed Baloch and Ms. Belum Hasnain. Spokesperson Senator Farhatullah Babar said that the meeting discussed in depth the current political situation in the country. The issue discussed and deliberated upon included among other fight against militancy, dialogue with the militants in the light of APC decisions and the difficulties faced by the people as a result of poor law and order situation, continued load shedding and galloping inflation. Issues relating to local bodies polls and laws to strengthen anti-terror legislative framework were also discussed. The meeting condemned drone strikes as well as militancy and extremism in all its forms and manifestations and called for the implementation of the decisions of the APC. The meeting underlined the need for all political forces in the country to work towards strengthening democracy and thwart any attempt to weaken the democratic processes and institutions. The meeting called for holding of party base local bodies elections in all provinces on party based polls and decided to vigorously pursue the goal of party based local elections at all available forums. The Party also discussed the recent draft legislations purported to further strengthen anti-terror laws. The meeting cautioned against hasty land thoughtless legislation that militated against human rights of citizens and decided to resist any move that undermined the people’s basic rights.

The meeting greeted the Hindu community of Pakistan on the eve of Deewali today.