President Asif Ali Zardari discussed the security situation with Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Wednesday and reviewed the Pakistan-US relations in the context of recent developments, as Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif warned that no one should have illusions about lack of national unity in Pakistan.
Presidential Spokesman Farhatullah Babar told reporters that the meeting, which lasted nearly two hours, reviewed the current issues facing the country. They also discussed the response of political parties to the prime minister’s initiative of convening an All-Parties Conference (APC) being held today, as well as reviewing diplomatic efforts to defuse Pakistan-US tensions.
Meanwhile, PML-N President Nawaz Sharif warned that nobody should have any illusions about lack of national unity, saying the Pakistani nation was united to repel any sort of aggression. “At the time of aggression, the nation is not divided into PPP (Pakistan People’s Party), PML-N and other political parties, rather all are one force to fight against the enemy,” he said.
He said such a situation should never have surfaced in which others were trying to intimidate Pakistan.
Nawaz said the PML-N would highlight all its reservations with foreign policy and the present scenario of strained Pakistan-US ties at the All-Parties Conference (APC) summoned by the prime minister today (Thursday).
“Joint strategies were prepared by the government in consultation with political parties, including the opposition, in the past but they were quickly rubbished and joint resolutions (of parliament) were also dumped,” said Nawaz, who had come to Jinnah Hospital to enquire after the heath of PML-N Provincial Assembly Member Mumtaz Jajja, suffering from dengue fever.
Troika meets as Nawaz vows unity
