Qadri talks: Naek not part of govt team

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has summoned Law Minister Farooq H Naek to Islamabad, Geo News reported.

Farooq H Naek was key member of the 10-member government team that was due to hold talks with Tehrik-e-Minhajul Quran chief Dr Tahirul Qadri on Islamabad Long March Declaration in Lahore.

Now PML-Q leader Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain will lead the government team.

The law minister is likely to meet President Zardari and PM Raja Pervez Ashraf in the federal capital.

The meeting will take place at TMQ Secretariat in Model Town. 10 members of the ruling coalition including Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira, Syed Khurshid Shah, Farooq Sattar and others while as many representatives from the TMQ led by Qadri would take part in the meeting.

The meeting would discuss issues related to implementation on the agreement signed by Qadri and the government that led to lifting of a four day sit-in in the federal capital.