Islamabad: Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, Chairman Joints Chief of Staff Committee General Khalid Shamim Wayyin and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Chief Let General Ahmed Shuja Pasha will attend the All Parties Conference (APC) on Thursday to devise a future course of action with national consensus regarding US allegations against Pakistan regarding Haqqani network.
Sources told the News Tribe that Gen Pasha would brief the participants about the over all situation in the region while Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar will also brief them about her visit to the United Nations.
Sources said that representatives of Pakistan’s military and intelligence agencies would also attend the parties’ meeting called by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to discuss the tense diplomatic stand-off with U.S. and to decide a future course of action.
The conference is expected to discuss Pak-US ties and the country’s security situation.
Leaders of all political parties, including those not represented in parliament, and heads of religious groups have accepted the invitation to attend the crucial meeting, sources said.
According to a spokesman of the Prime Minister House, the political leaders, who have confirmed their participation include Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, President PML (N), Senator Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, President PML, Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi, MNA, MQM, Asfandyar Wali Khan, President ANP, Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, MNA, JUI (F), Haji Khuda Bux Rajar, Minister for Narcotics Control, PML (F), Haji Munir Khan Aurakzai, MNA, FATA, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, MNA, PPP (S), Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi, MNA, National Peoples Party (NPP), Senator Mir Israrullah Zehri, BNP (A), Syed Munawar Hassan, Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami, Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, former Prime Minister, Mehmood Khan Achakzai, PKMAP, Senator Salim Saifullah Khan, PML, Sheikh Rashid Ahmad, PML (A), Imran Khan, PTI, Hasil Khan Bazenjo, NPB, Allama Sajid Ali Naqvi, TJP, Senator Shahid Hassan Bugti, JWP, Akhtar Mengal, BNP (Mengal Group), Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri, Tahrik-e-Minhaj-ul-Quran, Hamid Ali Shah Moosvi, TNFJ, Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, JUI (S), M. Sarwat Ejaz Qadri, President Sunni Tahrik, Haji Muhammad Hanif Tayyab, President Nizam-e-Mustafa Party, Sahibzada Abu Khair Muhammad Zubair, JUP (N), Pir Fazal Haq, President Jamiat Mashaikh, Sahibzada Haji Muhammad Fazal Karim, Chairman, Sunni Ittehad Council, Khan Amanullah Khan, PML (Q), Dr. Paul Bhatti, Advisor to the Prime Minister on National Harmony, Ameer Hussain Gilani, Mufti Feroze Din Hazarvi, Mutahidda Ulema Forum Pakistan, Abdul Qadeer Khamosh, Allama Tahir Ashrafi, Chairman Ulema Council Bait-ul-Aman, Sardar Attique Ahmad Khan, former Prime Minister AJK, Ch. Nisar Ali Khan, Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly, Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, Leader of Opposition in the Senate.
The sources said that all the political leaders would be taken on board about the government measures and a future course of action would be envisaged after consultation with the political leaders.
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