President to take govt allies into confidence over NRO

Updated at: 1834 PST, Monday, November 02, 2009
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari will be chairing an important tonight where he will take coalition parties of the government in confidence over the issue of National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO).

The meeting is scheduled at 8:00 pm at the Presidential House, however; ongoing National assembly session can cause a delay.

The coalition parties in the government have been notified about the meeting and banquet to be hosted by the President, the sources told.

The president is likely to seek all out support of coalition partners on NRO by declaring it critical for inculcating culture of reconciliation in domestic politics.

The invitees of the meeting include various leaders of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Awami National Party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) and Baloshistan National Party (BNP) along with few other leaders from FATA.

The sources said that Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani along with federal ministers and all parliamentarians of PPP will also be participating in the meeting.