Please don’t protest: PM to PPP

Author: By Siddique Sajid

ISLAMABAD: In spite of criticism by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif wants to lure the PPP into avoiding any future protest.

The government sources told Daily Times that Nawaz has given the task to his close confidante Finance Minister Ishaq Dar to contact PPP leadership and invite them for talks on four points.

“Yes, the finance minister is in contact with Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Khursheed Shah. Dar has requested Shah to give the names of some senior leaders so the government could start negotiations with opposition committee,” sources added. From the government’s side, Dar would head the committee while Law Minister Zahid Hamid, SAFFRON Minister Abdul Qadir Baloch and Railways Minister Saad Rafiq would assist him. The talks are likely to start next week during the parliamentary sessions, they said.

Sources also said Nawaz did not want the PPP to take to the streets against him while Bilawal has made it clear that if their four points were not accepted until December 27 then they would start countrywide protests.

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