Sirajul Haq meets Asif Zardari, discusses Islamabad marches

KARACHI: Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and head of political jirga Sirajul Haq has said that he held meetings and talks with more than 20 persons including Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan to end deadlock in dialogue process, Geo News reported.

JI Chief held meeting with Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari at Bilawal House on Saturday night and discussed situation emerged due to sit-ins in Islamabad.

Talking to media after meeting with Zardari, Sirajul Haq said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and government resumed dialogues after the end of impasse due to such crucial meetings.

Haq further said he made hectic efforts for five consecutive days to normalize the situation. “We neither want democracy be derailed through long marches nor we want marchers return without achieving anything,” he said.

In the meeting Ameer JI Karachi, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Rehman Malik were also present.