Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain made a telephone call to President Asif Ali Zardari and inquired about his health on Thursday. Presidential Spokesman Farhatullah Babar told reporters that the president thanked Altaf for asking about his health. Well-placed sources said that during the conversation, both leaders exchanged views on how to further strengthen and improve relations between the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the MQM.
Altaf assured President Zardari that the MQM would not part ways with the PPP for the sake of stability of the democratic order in the country and his party would continue cooperation with the PPP on important national issues. Sources said Altaf conveyed his concern to President Zardari over the attitude of certain PPP leaders. However, both of them agreed to continue the consultation and dialogue process between the two parties.
President Zardari said the country was passing through a critical phase of its history and no single party could steer it out of the crises all alone. Sindh was inundated in floods and Punjab was facing the dengue virus, so there was a need for political parties to unite and move forward together, he stressed. The president went on to say that the PPP believed in politics of reconciliation and it would continue to pursue this policy, envisaged by former premier Benazir Bhutto.
MQM will not part ways with PPP, Altaf assures Zardari
