Times of Islamabad

Foes of Yesterday become friends of today, join hands against PTI government

Foes of Yesterday become friends of today, join hands against PTI government

ISLAMABAD – The main opposition parties on Tuesday constituted a committeeto prepare a joint line of action for raising issues of public importance.The decision was taken in a meeting of opposition parties, includingPakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN), AwamiNational Party (ANP) and Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) here at theParliament House. The committee would be represented by members from allthe opposition parties.The meeting was attended by PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari andCo-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari, PML-N President and Leader of the Oppositionin National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif, PML-N’s Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, PPP’sKhursheed Shah, Naveed Qamar and Sherry Rehman, ANP’s Ameer Haider KhanHoti, and MMA’s Mufti Asad Mahmood and Maulana Abdul Wasey.Talking to media persons after the meeting, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said,”We need to update the Charter of Democracy, which was signed in 2006.” Hetermed the meeting of opposition parties an important development.PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif thanked the opposition parties for attendingthe meeting on his invitation.He said the country had been facing a number of issues, which needed to betackled on priority.