A meeting of a 'Council of Elders' will be held here in the first week of July to deliberate upon the ongoing political situation and suggest ways to overcome the current stalemate. The council comprise senior politicians, social workers, journalists and media-persons, intelligentsia, Ulema and lawmakers.
Safdar Hasan Siddiqi convenor Pakistan Jamhoori Tehreek and Colonel Latif Baig (Retd) convenor Pakistan Sudhar Group stated in a joint press statement. The invitees include Professor Abdul Jabbar Shakir, Abdus Sattar Edhi, Maulana Ahmad Javed, Dr Ayesha Siddiqa, Lieutenant General Ali Quli Khan (Retd), Ajmal Khatak, Air Marshal Asghar Khan (Retd), Ayaz Amir, Aziz Mazhar, Barrister Bacha Khan, Air Commodore Cecil Chaudhry (Retd), I A Rehman, Jamiluddin Aali, Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, Javed Jabbar, Dr Khadija Haq, Justice KMA Samdani (Retd), Mahmud Mirza, Majid Nizami, Justice Mamoon Qazi(Retd), Dr Manzoor Ahmad, Masud Mufti, Dr Mehdi Hasan, Najmuddin Sheikh (former secretary Foreign Affairs), Air Marshal Noor Khan (Retd), Roedad Khan, Ms Sadia Rashid, Sardar Sher Baz Mazari, former Foreign Secretary Shamshad Ahmad and others.