Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Punjab lawmakers are meeting the party’s Co-chairman President Asif Ali Zardari today (Tuesday) at the Presidency to devise a fresh strategy in the provincial assembly after the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) announced its support for the division of the province on administrative grounds.
The president has summoned the party legislators from Punjab to discuss the latest situation that has arisen after PML-N’s announcement, a source inside PPP told Pakistan Today on Monday, adding that the meeting was scheduled for last Sunday but was postponed because Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was busy and his presence was essential since he is the main stakeholder in the Southern Punjab political arena. The meeting will start at 3pm.
The sources said the issue of formation of ‘Sariaki Province’ would be especially discussed beside other issues like discriminatory policy of the Punjab government in distribution of development funds to the PPP MPAs. They claimed that the case of PPP lawmakers from Mandi Bahaudin district would come under discussion as an exemplary case, along with the suggestion regarding the provision of funds from the federal government kitty. The parliamentary leader of the PPP in the Punjab Assembly, Maj (r) Zulfiqar Gondal, Deputy Parliamentary Leader Shaukat Basra and Opposition Leader Raja Riaz would lead the party members in the meeting, the source said. The PML-Q, as a part of the opposition in the Punjab Assembly, has already submitted a resolution in favour of the demand of Southern Punjab province without taking PPP into confidence. PPP would also propose ammendements in the resolution, the source claimed.
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