Zardari, Altaf resolve to repair broken PPP, MQM relationship
Both leaders also discussed the upcoming Senate elections
They agreed that Pakistan and Sindh currently required tranquillity, brotherhood, and harmony within all segments of society for progress, and prosperity.
LONDON:
With tempers flaring between them in recent weeks, top leaders of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Friday discussed issues between the two parties in addition to the upcoming Senate elections and the prevailing political scenario.
According to a statement released by the MQM early on Saturday, MQM chief Altaf Hussain and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari spoke in detail via telephone.
They agreed that Pakistan and Sindh currently required tranquillity, brotherhood, and harmony within all segments of society for progress, and prosperity.
Zardari and Hussain discussed issues between the PPP and MQM and the mistakes made in the past. They resolved not to repeat those mistakes in future.
The PPP co-chairman acknowledged that Urdu-speakers have as much a right on Sindh as Sindhi speakers do and assured the MQM that their genuine grievances will be addressed.
He further assured the MQM supremo if the two parties once again agreed to work together in Sindh, then the 40:60 ratio will be implemented in all spheres of governance in essence and spirit.
They also discussed the upcoming Senate elections. In this regard, it was decided that leaders of both parties will sit down and discuss it in further detail.
With tempers flaring between them in recent weeks, top leaders of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Friday discussed issues between the two parties in addition to the upcoming Senate elections and the prevailing political scenario.
According to a statement released by the MQM early on Saturday, MQM chief Altaf Hussain and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari spoke in detail via telephone.
They agreed that Pakistan and Sindh currently required tranquillity, brotherhood, and harmony within all segments of society for progress, and prosperity.
Zardari and Hussain discussed issues between the PPP and MQM and the mistakes made in the past. They resolved not to repeat those mistakes in future.
The PPP co-chairman acknowledged that Urdu-speakers have as much a right on Sindh as Sindhi speakers do and assured the MQM that their genuine grievances will be addressed.
He further assured the MQM supremo if the two parties once again agreed to work together in Sindh, then the 40:60 ratio will be implemented in all spheres of governance in essence and spirit.
They also discussed the upcoming Senate elections. In this regard, it was decided that leaders of both parties will sit down and discuss it in further detail.