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According to a PPP statement, Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and former president Asif Ali Zardari met an MQM-P delegation on Monday to discuss the current no-confidence motion against the prime minister that the opposition party has set in motion.
MQM-P had formed an alliance with PTI after the elections to bring the PTI-led government into power. Prime Minister Imran Khan had hurriedly visited the MQM headquarters in hopes of keeping the alliance intact as soon as the no-confidence motion was filed.
Today, however, the PPP press release suggested that the political situation in the country was discussed during the meeting and the opposition party has agreed to keep better and permanent relations with MQM-P,.
On the other hand, sources privy to the meeting shared that the PPP and MQM-P have agreed on provincial-level matters. PPP leaders Yousaf Raza Gillani, Saeed Ghani, Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah, Sharjeel Memon, Rukhsana Bangash and others were present during the meeting.
The MQM-P delegation included Amir Khan, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Syed Aminul Haque, Waseem Akhtar, Khawaja Izharul Hassan and Javed Hanif Khan.
MQM-P leadership may also meet PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif tomorrow to discuss federal issues.
On Sunday, MQM-P leaders told Sindh Governor Imran Ismail that the decision on supporting or opposing the Opposition’s no-trust motion will be made after a review of the current political situation in the country.
MQM-P Convenor Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said the party has to make a decision according to the situation in the country.
“We cannot say anything at the moment and we will decide it in our workers’ convention,” Siddiqui said, adding that “MQM-P is free to make its own decision”.
