A three-member delegation of Pakistan Muslim League-Q and a delegation of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) met PML-Q leadership in Lahore on Thursday and both sides agreed to remain in constant touch to tackle national challenges.
Sources told Business Recorder that the MQM delegation comprising Dr Farooq Sattar, Baber Ghouri and Raza Haroon discussed the country's political and economic situation with the PML-Q leaders and shared different options to tackle the challenges being faced by the country.
The MQM leaders also exchanged views with PML-Q leaders, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussein, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, Faisal Saleh Hayat and Raja Basharat about reports of joining the PPP-led coalition government by PML-Q, sources said. Chaudhry Shujaat Hussein told the MQM delegation that his party wants stability in Pakistan. Sources in the PML-Q told this scribe that the PML-Q leadership is considering different options on the proposal of joining the PPP led coalition.
They said that there was clear division in the party ranks over joining the present set up. Those supporting the idea of joining the government were ready to join it irrespective of the fact the party leadership supports or not. There were some other elements who were staunch opponents of the move and had told the party leadership in clear words to quit the party, if it was decided to join the government.
The sources further said that the PML-Q leadership has assured both the camps in the party ranks that decision would be taken with consensus. The sources also claimed that the PML-Q leadership was also considering a proposal of supporting the PPP-led government even without joining it on the pattern of MQM. However, final decision would be made within next few days.