PPP-'Q' power sharing talks in decisive phas

A PML-Q leader talking to The Nation on condition of anonymity said that the main obstacle in the way of power sharing agreement between PPP and PML-Q was Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain’s aversion towards forming an alliance with PPP but afterwards on the whim of Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and some other party leaders he changed his mind and said ‘yes’. “Some other leaders as Farooq Leghari were also opposing the idea of striking power sharing agreement with PPP but after hectic parleys within the Party, PML-Q’s central command succeeded in taking all parliamentarians and party leaders on board”, he added.    

He said that PML-Q forward blocs in Punjab as well as National Assembly had lost their worth after PPP’s direct parleys with Q-League’s central command and were returning to Party’s mainstream. “Another factor that is playing pivotal role in bridging gulf between PPP and PML-Q is the intervention of America which wants both Parties to forge an alliance”, he claimed.

When asked, PML-Q parliamentary leader in the National Assembly, Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat said that his Party was in contact with all the political parties but the final decision of entering into coalition with either PPP or PML-N would be taken by keeping greater national interest on priority. He said that the country was passing through the most difficult time and there was a dire need of political reconciliation and not that of confrontation and conflict.