President holds meeting with coalition partners, discusses legal & political developments; Fazlur Rehman remained absent

ISLAMABAD, Jan 22 : President Asif Ali Zardari held a meeting with coalition partners of the Government at Aiwan-e-Sadr here on Friday and discussed political situation in the country.

The meeting presided over by President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani was attended by Mr. Asfandyar Wali Khan, ANP President and Chairman Foreign Relations Committee, Dr. Farooq Sattar, Minister for Overseas Pakistanis, and Mr. Munir Khan Aurakzai, MNA

Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Chief of JUI (F) did not attend the meeting expressing reservations of his party on important issues.

The meeting was also attended by Federal Ministers Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah and Dr. Babar Awan and Spokesperson to the President former Senator Mr. Farhatullah Babar.

Spokesperson to the President Mr. Farhatullah Babar said that the meeting discussed the current situation in the country in wake of latest legal and political developments.

He said that the President’s visit to Punjab and proposed visit to other provinces also came under discussion. There was unanimity of views on the current situation in the country, the Spokesperson said.INP