PPP urges new policy in post-Hakimullah scenario

Daily Times

Opposition leader in the National Assembly, Syed Khurshid Shah on Sunday advised the government to consult heads of political parties to make a new policy in the wake of post-Hakimullah Mehsud situation. Speaking to media persons in Sukkur, the senior PPP leader said he had requested the government to call an urgent all-parties conference to draw up a new strategy in the post-TTP chief death scenario and to re-initiate dialogue process with the militants for restoration of peace in the country. Shah complained that the government is not listening to them and that even its close ally Fazlur Rehman is also ignored in this regard. “If the government does not pay attention to us (PPP), it should listen to its close ally Maulana Fazalur Rehman who has been demanding an immediate all-partiers conference,” Shah said. He said if the government is not interested in calling the all-parties conference then it should take the heads of political parties on board to formulate a fresh policy to tackle terrorism. The opposition leader asked how would the country’s problems be solved if its prime minister did not pay attention to them. He noted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had not even visited parliament.