PPP-'N' body to fine-tune package
By: Maqbool Malik | Published: June 04, 2008ISLAMABAD - Major political players, the Pakistan People's Party and Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Tuesday agreed to proceed with the proposed constitutional package by setting up a joint committee for fine-tuning the draft before tabling it in the Parliament after the budget. Well-placed political sources told TheNation that PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif, during their three-hour long meeting at the Zardari House, also agreed to clip the overwhelming powers vested in the office of the President of Pakistan. PPP Spokesman Farhatullah Babar said that
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- A college in Gujranwala Page 7
- A complimentary facility Page 7
- Turning on the blinkers Page 7
