*ISLAMABAD – **Opposition’s All Parties alliance faces a setback as Jamaate Islaami and BNP Mengal refuse to attend the conference.*
*The opposition’s All Parties Conference (APC) began at around 12:30pm onWednesday afternoon in Islamabad. *
Missing were representatives from BNP-Mengal and JI. PPP chief BilawalBhutto Zardari arrived at the APC late, after attending the NationalAssembly session and then going to court to meet his father, Asif AliZardari.
The APC has been organised and is being chaired by JUI-F chief MaulanaFazlur Rehman. Representatives of the PPP, PML-N, ANP, Qaumi Watan Party,National Party and PkMAP attended.
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Representing the PML-N were Shehbaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz, Shahid KhaqanAbbasi, Qadir Baloch, Ayaz Sadiq, Mariam Aurangzaib and Raja Zafarul Haq.The PPP is being represented by Yousuf Raza Gilani , Sherry Rehman, QamarZaman Qaira and Farhatullah Babar. Asfandyar Wali, Mahmood Khan Achakzai,Aftab Sherpai, Mir Hasil Bizenjo and Sajid Mir were also present.
