KARACHI: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have renewed their commitment to adhere to democratic principles in the light of the Charter of Democracy (CoD), signed between Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif fourteen years ago.

Both the parties stressed that the 1973 Constitution should be implemented in letter and spirit, as the constitution is the only way forward to a brighter future for Pakistan.

Leader of Opposition in National Assembly and PML-N President Mian Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday arrived at Bilawal House and met former President Asif Ali Zardari and Chairman PPP, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

Chaudhry Ahsan Iqbal, Muhammad Zubair, Maryam Aurangzeb and other leaders also accompanied Shahbaz Sharif, while Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, Farhatullah Babar, Syed Naveed Qamar, Nisar Ahmad Khuhro, Syed Waqar Mehdi, Aajiz Dhamrah from PPP were also present at the meeting.

Leadership of the two parties discussed the overall political situation in the country and the aftermath of the worst monsoon rains and flooding and the difficulties faced by the people besides the political situation in the country.

At the meeting, the leadership of both the parties agreed that they would work together for the supremacy of the Constitution and the Parliament, for free judiciary and free media; the protection of the democratic process and the protection of the constitutional and democratic rights of the people.

A joint press conference was addressed by Farhatullah Babar, Syed Naveed Qamar, Ahsan Iqbal, Marriyum Orangzaib and Aajiz Dhamrah.

PPP and PML-N leaders said that this is not a moment to criticise but for mutual cooperation, instead. A meeting of the Rehbar Committee of the Opposition Parties would be held Thursday (today), followed by an All Parties Conference (APC), added Naveed Qamar.

Ahsan Iqbal said that the Federal government should have announced a serious aid package to support the rain-hit economy in Sindh in consultation with the Provincial government. This PTI government has disrupted politics, failed the governance and destroyed the economy of the country.