US EditionSindh-Punjab Discord Rattles Parliament
President Zardari called Interior Minister Naqvi to Karachi to ease tension between PPP and PML-N amid disputes over flood relief affecting millions, urging dialogue and cooperation.
- On Monday, President Asif Ali Zardari telephoned Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Naqvi and summoned him to Karachi for urgent consultations to defuse rising tensions between the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.
- Tensions began after heated exchanges over post-flood performance, as the dispute stems from flood relief disagreements and PPP lawmakers staged walkouts demanding apologies for remarks against Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Aseefa Bhutto Zardari.
- Over 6.5 million Pakistanis have been affected by the floods, and Punjab’s withdrawal of security from Yousaf Raza Gilani’s sons drew condemnation from PPP leaders.
- Zardari urged dialogue and cooperation at federal and provincial levels, while Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Naqvi flew to Karachi, met Sindh ministers, and will assess and propose tension-reduction measures.
- The dispute now risks undermining the coalition as talk of boycotts and no-confidence moves grows, while PML-N sources say Nawaz Sharif backed Maryam Nawaz, deepening the split with the Pakistan People’s Party.
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President Zardari tasks Naqvi with mediating between PML-N, PPP
President Asif Ali Zardari and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi. — NNI/NNI/FileISLAMABAD: As tensions escalate between the ruling coalition partners — the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Peoples Party — President Asif Ali Zardari has tasked Interior Minister Mohsin...
President Zardari steps in to diffuse PML-N-PPP tensions after days of verbal spat
President Zardari, Mohsin Naqvi to discuss PML-N-PPP friction.PPP members boycott NA, Senate sessions over Maryam's remarks.Party laments divisive rhetoric coming from Punjab towards Sindh.KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: The tensions between...
Sindh-Punjab discord rattles parliament
In what appeared to be a high-level intervention to defuse political tensions between the Sindh and Punjab governments, President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday summoned Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi to Karachi for urgent consultations, Express News reported. The move came as a war of words between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), which governs Punjab, and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), which rules Sindh, escalated further - spi…
Zardari calls Naqvi to Karachi as Sindh-Punjab row heats up; PPP stages walkout from NA, Senate
President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday called Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi to Karachi for an urgent meeting as tensions continued to rise between the Sindh and Punjab governments, with the PPP staging a walkout from the National Assembly and Senate. The PPP and PML-N are coalition partners in the Centre. A post on X from the presidency said today that Zardari and Naqvi held a telephonic conversation related to the ongoing row between the Sindh a…
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