PTI, BNP-M to hold important session in Islamabad today

ISLAMABAD: Central leadership of coalition partners, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Balochistan National Party Mengal (BNP-M), will hold an important session in Islamabad on Thursday, ARY News reported.

Following special directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan, both political parties have constituted committees which would meet at 2:00 pm (today) at PM Secretariat, sources said.

The agenda of the forthcoming session will be focused on making a consensus between the political parties. Moreover, the committees will also meet PM Imran Khan after the session, sources added.

Upcoming talks will emphasise on the allotment of six per cent quota of Balochistan in federal employment, construction of new dams, special legislation for Gwadar Port and overall law and order situation.

BNP-M will raise issue of missing persons and challenges to peace establishment in Balochistan, sources said.

Provision of educational opportunities for Balochistan citizen and development projects will also come under discussion, sources added.

BNP Chief Akhtar Mengal who was accompanied by Jehanzeb Jamaldini had met Prime Minister Imran Khan last month where they held a meeting to remove reservations between the political parties. The six-point charter of demand had also come under discussion in the meeting.

On March 12, PM Khan had decided to hold important meetings with the leadership of Pakistan Muslim League Quaid, Balochistan Awami Party, Grand Democratic Alliance and Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan, the coalition partners of the ruling political party.

Citing emerging differences between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and coalition partners, PM Khan had decided to hold one-on-one meetings with the PML-Q, BAP, GDA and MQM-P’s leaders in order to remove their reservations on different issues.