Former law minister Senator Babar Awan called on President Asif Ali Zardari at the Presidency on Friday evening and discussed the situation emerging after the dismissal of the government’s review petition on the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) verdict by the Supreme Court, followed by a meeting of select ministers and senior leadership of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) under the chairmanship of President Zardari.
A source told Pakistan Today Awan discussed with the president a strategy to deal with the situation after the rejection of the government’s petition.
In the PPP meeting later on, the current political situation in the country was discussed. Presidential Spokesman Farhatullah Babar told reporters the meeting decided to step up the consultative process with the political forces and the coalition partners to overcome the challenges facing the country. It also decided that the policy of reconciliation would continue, he said.
Senator Nayyar Hussain Bokhari, Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar, Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Religious Affairs Minister Khursheed Ahmed Shah, Water and Power Minister Syed Naveed Qamar, Senator Raza Rabbani, Dr Babar Awan, Senator Faisal Raza Abidi, Senator Sardar Ali, PPP Information Secretary Qamar Zaman Kaira, Nazar Muhammad Gondal, former water and power minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Rukhsana Bangash, Fouzia Wahab and Fouzia Habib attended the meeting.
