The final round of negotiations between the leaders of Pakistan People's Party and Pakistan Muslim League-N will be held in Murree on Sunday, March 9, 2008 to hammer out modalities for forming the coalition government.
There would be detailed discussions and ultimately decisions on the major issues including shares in the coalition government, mainly at Centre and Punjab, evolving acceptable modalities to impeach President Pervez Musharraf and reinstatement of the sacked judges.
Addressing a press conference at Frontier House before leaving for Murree, Nawaz Sharif told media that a final session of the on-going talks between the two parties would be held in Murree where PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari would lead the PPP side.
"Yes, it is a final round of talk with Asif Zardari where important decisions on a number of major issues are likely to be taken", he said. He blamed President Musharraf for not summoning the session of National Assembly, intentionally, despite the fact that the Election Commission has completed all formalities to summon the session.
"It seems that the President has not accepted the people's verdict wholeheartedly given against him by sidelining his supporters, and he (President) is intentionally delaying to summon the session, and the act smells some sort of conspiracy" he added.
He reiterated that PML-N is still firm on its principled stance to reinstate the sacked judges, in the first phase, and would not deviate from it. He also made it clear that PML-N would not be part of any cabinet which would take oath under President Pervez Musharraf.
He demanded of the President to summon the session of National Assembly immediately without making efforts to create any rift in the democratic process. In reply to a question, he said.
"How the Q-league can sideline our party as the people of Pakistan have already sidelined the 'king's party' on February 18?" He hailed the decision of the Chief of Army Staff to keep away the army from politics, saying that it was a good move and would help to smooth the democratic process.