Zardari assures Nawaz of full support in resolving terrorism
Owais Muzaffar was considered for the role of interior department minister.
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.
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.