Differences within Sindh Government End: PM
Pakistan Times National News Desk

ISLAMABAD: After nerve wrecking negotiations by the President’s chief negotiators Tariq Aziz and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has finally resulted in truce between warring Arbab and MQM.

An agreement was reached between the two sides after they held marathon sessions with Prime Minister and Tariq Aziz.

The most redeeming factor of the whole drama was the invisibility of President Musharraf and the job was well done by political leadership and the Prime Minister.

After striking a peace deal the Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said that misunderstandings and problems between the Sindh government coalition partners have been resolved and the provincial government will be run amicably and with mutual understanding.

On this occasion Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim, Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Babar Khan Ghauri and MQM representatives Adil Siddiqui, Kanwar Naveed and Nazim Hyderabad and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Khalilur Rehman were also present.

The Prime Minister said they met President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday and exchanged views with him. He said the Sindh government would work collectively for the development of the province.

The government will take the coalition partners along on all important matters. Aziz said general elections will be held next year which will be contested by the coalition partners with unity and understanding.

Asked if any report was presented to the President, the Prime Minister described it as baseless and said no report was prepared or presented to the President.

To a question about the demands of the MQM, he said these were communication issues which have been resolved pointing out that problems can be resolved through negotiations.

The Prime Minister expressed satisfaction over the outcome of negotiations with the coalition members of the Sindh government.

“We all have resolved to promote unity and good governance in Sindh,” and the government would accelerate and take forward the development work in the province.

Prime Minister Aziz said a coalition always works with certain understanding and “ we are promoting this understanding”.

The Prime Minister said there might be different opinions in a coalition but added, that all matters would be resolved amicably and through mutual understanding.

He said, there were no demands and everybody said that they want to further improve their performance with the support of the federal government.

Replying to a question on the powers of the Chief Minister, Prime Minister Aziz said this was never an issue and there had been no discussion on it.●