Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday held an important meeting with Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain.
As per details, former president Asif Ali Zardari reached the residence of Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain to discuss the country’s important political matters and overall situation.
Both the leaders agreed to expand the political tolerance and resolve the matters in a peaceful manner. Whatever happened in Punjab Assembly, we could have easily avoided it, Zardari was quoted as saying in the meeting.
Earlier this week, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said that they wanted Pakistan Muslim League Quaid (PML-Q) back in the political sphere.
The former president had said in a statement that an agreement was signed with all coalition parties. “I have united them and their demands will be met. I am the guarantor of the agreement with Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).”
The PPP co-chairman said, “Pervaiz Elahi is senior among us and we will keep making efforts for him. Problem is created after the kids grew up. Pervaiz Elahi was misguided earlier but we want to see his return to the political sphere.”
The meeting comes after Speaker of the Punjab Assembly Pervaiz Elahi on Wednesday sent a reference to the Election Commission against 26 dissident Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPAs with a request to disqualify them for lifetime over violating the party’s discipline, showing disloyalty, violating the norms of democracy.
The ECP received the reference filed under Article 63A (1) (b) (i) of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973.
The reference was earlier sent to the speaker on behalf of former prime minister Imran Khan, contending that the 26 lawmakers had “violated Article 63A(1)(b)(i) of the Constitution through participating in the voting on April 16, and casting their votes in favour of now chief minister Punjab Hamza Shehbaz. It noted that on account of their votes, Elahi lost the election.
The MPAs, by violating the said Article, became disqualified from being elected as members of the legislature in the country.
