Zardari assures Nawaz of full support in resolving terrorism

Owais Muzaffar was considered for the role of interior department minister.


Web Desk October 17, 2013
File photo of Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah (R) and President Asif Ali Zardari (L) at Bilawal House, Karachi. PHOTO: PID

LARKANA: Former President Asif Ali Zardari assured Nawaz Sharif of his support on Thursday for resolving terrorism, Express News reported.

Zardari said that the government had all the powers necessary to tackle terrorism and lent his support to Nawaz to take necessary action to bring peace.

The former president said that if an operation had not been conducted in Karachi, the law and order situation could have gotten worse.

Earlier, Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah met former president Asif Ali Zardari in Larkana to discuss shuffling the Sindh Cabinet, Express News reported on Thursday.

At the meeting Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Member National Assembly (MNA) Faryal Talpur, Speaker Sindh Assembly Agha Siraj Durrani and Local Government Minister Owais Muzaffar were also present.

The meeting focused on shuffling portfolios in the Sindh Cabinet. According to sources, the local body elections were also discussed at the meeting.

The topic of Bilawal's election to the National Assembly also came under discussion. The participants deliberated whether PPP MNA Ayaz Soomro should give up his place for the party's patron in chief on NA-204. If a decision is arrived at, Bilawal can contest for the seat during the by-elections for the constituency.

Owais Muzaffar was considered for the role of interior department minister. There was further deliberation on whether Agha Siraj Durrani should be handed his old ministry for local government. Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Dr Sikandar Ali Mandhro was considered as a potential candidate to replace Durrani as the Speaker of Sindh Assembly.

COMMENTS (14)

Dr.Mohammad Ali Qureshi | 10 years ago | Reply

I appreciate Mr.Muzaffars action against water thieving.

Abid P. Khan | 10 years ago | Reply

@Parvez: "Zardari / Sharif………..both faces of the same coin. The only stupid ones are the people. . And these twos stooges have realised the level of stupidity of the people. The only wishful thinker is IK who lives in a world of reverie where he thinks he has become the president while these two are his paid servants.

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