The leadership of the coalition parties has tasked Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) chief Shujaat Hussain to stop Dr Tahirul Qadri’s long march to Islamabad in a Thursday night meeting jointly chaired by President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf.
The meeting was attended by PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, ANP’s Asfandyar Wali Khan, MQM’s Dr Farooq Sattar and Babar Ghouri, chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Faryal Talpur.
The heads of parties in the alliance reiterated their support to the government during the meeting. The meeting also discussed the political situation emerging after call for long march given by Dr Tahirul Qadri.
After consultation Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain was tasked to deal with the long march and he was likely to meet Tehreek Minhaj ul Quran (TMQ) leader in this regard.