Clarification: Conference date not finalised

After consultation is over, minister will get in touch with PM to indicate the likely schedule of the meeting.

ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry on Monday clarified that so far the date of the consultative conference of the leaders of national political parties has not yet been finalised.

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan was still in the process of consulting all the political leaders to be invited, said a handout issued by the ministry here.

After the consultation is over, the minister will get in touch with the prime minister to indicate the likely schedule of the meeting.

The date cited by the media (July 12) is only a proposed date, according to Nisar, because the final date of the meeting will be decided after due deliberation and consensus.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 9^th, 2013.