HYDERABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Sindh President Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Sunday said his party had not taken any decision regarding the parliamentary leader in the Sindh Assembly and for the top slot at the Centre.

He added that the PPP delegation had visited the Nine-Zero and held a meeting with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leadership as a goodwill gesture, adding he hoped the MQM delegation would visit the Bilawal House soon.

Addressing a news conference at the residence of MPA Syed Ali Nawaz Shah Rizvi, the PPP Sindh president said that no decision was yet made for the top slot in Sindh and at the Centre. However, the party leadership would make such decisions very soon, he added.

Qaim Shah said that only a day had passed after the Election Commission of Pakistan issued the official gazette of the successful legislators of February 18 election, hence there was no haste in announcing the name of parliamentary leader of the National as well as of the provincial assemblies.

Shah said the PPP delegation held a preliminary meeting with the MQM leadership as guided by the PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari so as a consensus point could be reached for the formation of the national government. He clarified that the meeting with the MQM was not aimed at discussing the power-sharing formula but its motivating force was to improve the atmosphere in Sindh and help restore the real democracy in the country. He said people had reposed their confidence and hopes in the PPP candidates. He added that in order to come up with the expectations of the people of Sindh, his party would try to resolve the main issues of Sindh on priority. He said each political party had its own programme but the PPP believed in talks with all, including the MQM, to avail maximum cooperation for the resolution of the major issues confronting the Sindh province as well as the federation of Pakistan.

The PPP Sindh president avoided responding to some tough questions on the PPP-MQM coalition in Sindh and the opposition being faced by the PPP within the party circles.

Qaim Shah said the people of Sindh gave their verdict in February 18 election, enabling the PPP to win two-thirds seats from Sindh. He emphasised the PPP was moving ahead with its policies and guiding principles as laid down by the party founder Shaheed ZA Bhutto and Shaheed Benazir Bhutto. He said his party would pursue the water accord of 1991 and would not allow the construction of the mega water projects till a consensus among the four provinces was reached.

(c) The News Pakistan

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