HYDERABAD:
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s second round of persuasion failed to win the support of nationalist leaders for their anti-Gilani movement.
Its delegation, led by Marvi Memon, met with the president of Awami Tehreek, Ayaz Latif Palijo, who presented them with a nine-point agenda as conditions for future cooperation and alliance.
They met at Palijo’s house on Friday. He is also the convener of Sindh Progressive Nationalist Alliance. Earlier in the week, the PML-N delegation also met with Jalal Mehmood Shah and Dr Qadir Magsi at their residences.
The nine-point agenda includes a categorical stance against any conspiracy to divide Sindh, de-weaponising Karachi, keeping the five districts in Karachi, transferring higher education and examination boards from the governor to the chief minister of Sindh, devising a policy on fair water distribution, jobs for the Sindhi-speaking people in the federal, provincial, private and corporate sectors and rehabilitation of the flood-hit people. Briefing the media after the meeting, Palijo said that the nationalists will support PML-N only if it agrees on the agenda. She called the agenda ‘Sindh’s agenda’ and said that her party agreed with many of the points raised by Palijo and promised to forward to the party leadership.
She said that PML-N was the only federal political party working with the nationalists to chalk out policies for Sindh. “The people of Sindh will soon get good news about a large political coalition.”
Published in The Express Tribune, May 12th, 2012.
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Your Enemy is my friend. PPP you have got many enemies due to your negligence, allegation and poor poor performance that should be enough to eclipse the history of excellence.
which ever Sindhi votes for the person who was supported by the killer of our leader ZAB is a traitor.
@Iram: Oh i dont know that by talking about Pakistan and less talking about Ethnic Hatred makes you Dirty. So in your view PPP is better as they are good in inflaming ethnic hatred. What dirty politics are you talking about??. In Politics nothing is dirty. The politics of Pakistan is Opportunism and every party have to be like that.
come on, let the nationalist be part of main stream politics... if it is through pml-n; then they should b appriciated.
Baised reporting Heading of this news not supported by its detail.
quite a misleading headline by ET. Sounds like an alliance in the making to me....
PMLN deserves this, they are doing dirty politics.
PMLN is federal party? I think Marvi needs rest
Why try to give political legitimacy to parties that are anti-pakistan? Those that think along racial lines shouldn't be encouraged.Race based politics should never be encouraged.Racism is a highly objectionable thing,racists should never be encouraged to continue with their racial hate and bigotry. Nawaz sharif should try to find allies in parties whose politics isn't against pakistan.
The pml-n should try to work with those parties who believe in pakistan and their nationalism is for pakistan.It should avoid racist groups who believe not in national unity but only in ethnic supremacy.By joining hands with ethnic extremists pml-n will damage its own self,it should try to make allies with people who believe and support the federation.
No progressive and nationalist leader of Pakistan particularly Sind is going to form alliance with the political offspring of the worst dictator Zia. The local population can never forget who the actual killers of ZAB were.
I think Ayaz Paleejo agrees to support conditionally and the conditions are same as PMLN Manifesto.... So All is well.