Lahore: Pakistan Muslim League senior central leader and Deputy Prime Minister Ch Parvaiz Elahi met Pir Sahib of Pagara Pir Sibghatullah Rashdi at Raja House in Karachi today and afterwards talking to media along with him said that for chalking out future strategy, mutual consultation will continue.
Ch Parvaiz Elahi said that we have old relationship with Pir Pagara which is continuing from our elders, this relationship will be strengthened further and move onward.On this occasion, Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Malik Ghulam Mustafa Khar, Imtiaz Shaikh, Alim Adil Shaikh, Asad Junejo and Dr A. R. Khalid were also present.
Ch Parvaiz Elahi said that it cannot be said as regard next general elections that one party will sweep, new alliances will be formed, it will be difficult to go into elections without any alliance, consultation with Pir Sahib of Pagara will continue regarding the situation in future, it will be our effort in the elections that we evolve such a strategy whose agenda should be security and strengthening of Pakistan, pulling Pakistan out of difficulties and making it economically strong country.He said further that everyone is pained over degradation of circumstances but it is more painful for Muslim Leaguers and Muslim League, there is no Muslim Leaguer who is not willing to take couple of steps ahead and play his role for strengthening and stability of Pakistan.
He said that he and Ch Shujat Hussain have invited Pir Sahib of Pagara that whenever he visits Lahore, we should meet and mutually discuss and adopt a strategy, such a way be adopted in particular in the next elections which strengthens Pakistan in any form. He said that he has seen that Pir Sahib of Pagara believes in consultation and very senior people are with him in particular Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali is an old Muslim Leaguer and Khar Sahib is also very experienced and “I hope consultation with all of them will hopefully make good headway”. In reply to a question, he said that our thinking is very positive and is for Pakistan, we are activating our party in Sindh.
During stay in Karachi, Ch Parvaiz Elahi attended a dinner hosted by prominent industrialist Bashir Jan Muhammad and also met big industrialists and members of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Export Processing Zones Authority