The Pakistan People\u2019s Party (PPP) clarified on Wednesday that no \u201cfinal decision\u201d had been reached in the meetings held between the leadership of the ruling coalition parties \u2014 PPP and PML-N \u2014 in Dubai.<\/p>\n
The statement from PPP leader and Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Shazia Marri comes days after it was reported that the meetings between PML-N and PPP bigwigs in Dubai had reportedly resulted in a consensus on a number of issues, including names for the caretaker set-up and a power-sharing formula if the two parties win the next election.<\/p>\n
The top leaders from both parties, including PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari, met more than once last week to deliberate upon the next general election\u2019s date, among other things.<\/p>\n
The meetings were also attended by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, PML-N senior vice president Maryam Nawaz Sharif and Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar.<\/p>\n
After the meetings, Zardari, PM Shehbaz and the law minister returned to Pakistan while Bilawal left for Tokyo. Nawaz, who arrived from London, is likely to stay in the UAE for one more week to hold political and business meetings.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the news about reaching agreements during the meetings and subsequent differences are mere speculations,\u201d Marri said during a Dawn News show.<\/p>\n
She noted that no conclusive matters had been finalised in the Dubai meetings thus far.<\/p>\n
PML-N has been giving mixed signals about whether polls would be held in October or not, but PPP has categorically stated it wants elections at stipulated time, according to Dawn report.<\/p>\n
A PML-N insider had told Dawn that the main agenda of the Sharif-Zardari meeting was elections in October or beyond. \u201cIf the elections are held at their scheduled time, then the caretaker set-up in the centre will of the PPP and PML-N\u2019s choosing after taking Maulana Fazlur Rehman on board, of course.<\/p>\n
The senior party leader said both leaders also discussed the overall economic challenges facing Pakistan as well as the IMF deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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