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Summary All Parties Conference (APC) will begin today to devise a future course of action.
PM Gilani has called the APC for national consensus in the wake of US allegations against Pakistan concerning Haqqani network.Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Khalid Shamim Wyne and DG ISI Lt. General Ahmed Shuja Pasha would also attend the meeting.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.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.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.According to sources, DG ISI Lt. General Ahmed Shuja Pasha will brief the conference on the security of the country and region along with Pak-US relations.Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar will also brief the conference about the country’s current foreign policy and diplomatic efforts with the US.Security has been placed on high alert in the federal capital for All Parties Conference.Islamabad and district management have been directed to tighten the security on all the entry and exit roads of Islamabad, and to strictly check suspicious persons and cars.
