KARACHI - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has condemned the target killings in Karachi and said that any disturbance in the metropolis affected whole of the country. He was talking to newsmen here late Tuesday night at the CMs House after presiding over a meeting of the representatives of coalition partners, the PPP, MQM and the ANP. Sindh Governor Dr. Ishratul Ebad Khan, Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Senator Babar Awan, Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Dr. Farooq Sattar, ANP provincial president Shahi Syed and Amin Khattak attended the meeting, in which law and order and target killings in the metropolis was discussed threadbare. Yousuf Raza Gilani said that target killings were neither terrorism nor insurgency but it was the result of political differences, which could be resolved through dialogue. He directed the Sindh government to take administrative measures and equip the law enforcement agencies with sophisticated weapons besides increasing their perks. Prime Minister said that all political forces including PPP, MQM and ANP should sit together and held brainstorming session to sort out the issues. The Prime Minister, who paid a special visit to Karachi to personally look into the issue of target killings, stressed the need of increasing the number of committees. He said that the committees would work at the UC level and identify the elements involved in land grabbing and sabotage activities. These committees, he said, will also chalk out strategy to overcome the menace of target killings and other issues while providing guidelines to the provincial home ministry. Responding to a query, he ruled out the involvement of political parties in latest killings in Karachi. Replying to another query, Gilani said that military operation in Swat had nothing to do with the bloody incidents of Karachi. He further said the process of political reconciliation was smoothly going at the centre and MQM and the ANP could also work in a similar manner in Sindh. He added that unopposed Senate polls in Sindh and presidential election had proved that coalition government in the province was running smoothly. There is a difference of opinion and I hope that the issue would be resolved amicably, the Prime Minister hoped.