Zardari has signed the agreement of power sharing to grant 8 ministries and 5 advisories to MQM members of Sindh Cabinet. Just heard that as Geo breaking news!
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Allah khair karey!
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Zardari has signed the agreement of power sharing to grant 8 ministries and 5 advisories to MQM members of Sindh Cabinet. Just heard that as Geo breaking news!
The MQM going to get 13 cabinet ministers. Boy another Balochistan-style jumbo cabinet on the way!
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^ Read carefully, 8 ministers and 5 advisors.... NOT 13 ministers.
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PPP-MQM deal finalised
** MQM to get 13 ministries, one advisory and one special assistant slot in Sindh cabinet*
** MQM nazims to continue their work*
KARACHI: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan and Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza finalised the process of reconciliation between the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) at a meeting held on Tuesday at Governor’s House. In a statement issued by Governor’s House, the meeting decided that the MQM would be given 13 ministries, one advisory and one special assistant slot in the Sindh cabinet. The MQM-affiliated ministers would take oath of office soon, while the nazims of the MQM would continue their work as normal. The statement also said that both political parties had taken this decision to further strengthen the country, help continuity of the democratic process, economic development and provision of a healthy and peaceful environment for the masses.Sindh Chief Minster Syed Qaim Ali Shah would formally announce the agreement between the two parties at a press conference scheduled on Wednesday (today) at Chief Minister’s House.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\04\30\story_30-4-2008_pg7_5
Zardari and Altaf likely to meet within 72 hours
KARACHI: PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and MQM chief Altaf Hussain are expected to meet within the next 72 hours, MQM sources disclosed to Daily Times on Tuesday. The sources said that Zardari, who will be in London within the next two days, has already informed Hussain of the meeting. The meeting between the two leaders is expected to finalise the ongoing talks between both parties over a power-sharing deal in Sindh. “The party is in consultations over certain aspects of the formula for the formation of a coalition government in Sindh, but certain issues are yet to be finalised,” said MQM Sindh Assembly Deputy Parliamentary Leader Faisal Sabzwari. Sources revealed that the leaders of both the parties had approved the draft. The major points of the draft consist of four main demands laid down by the MQM: the Sindh governor would not be changed; the Sindh cabinet would have 70 percent seats for the PPP and other coalition partners, and 30 percent for the MQM; both parties would formulate different committees to tackle administrative matters and party issues with mutual understanding; and parliamentary committees would be formulated by both parties to deal with matters related to the Sindh Assembly. There has not yet been any decision on the role of the MQM in the federal government and in the Senate. staff report
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\04\30\story_30-4-2008_pg7_6
MQM joins Sindh Govt - cabinet size grows to 41 ministers
It appears that the Sindh govt is trying to beat the record set by jumbo cabinet in Balochistan.
Sindh cabinet: 13 MQM ministers take oath
Karachi, Pakistan, May 02 (PPI):
The size of Sindh provincial cabinet swelled to 41 with the induction of 20 new ministers on Friday that includes seven of PPP and 13 of MQM under the power-sharing agreement between the two parties. The new ministers are: Makhdoom Jamil-u-Zaman, Zahid Hussain Bhurgri, Rafique Engineer, Ali Mardan Shah, Ali Nawaz Shah Rizvi, Agha Taimoor and Dr. Mohan Lal, all of PPP; and Dr. Saghir Ahmed, Dr. Mohammad Ali Shah, Syed Faisal Sabzwari, Sheikh Mohammad Afzal, Khlaid Bin Wilayat, Zubair Ahmed Khan, Nadia Gabol, Raza Haroon, Rauf Siddiqui, Askari Taqi, Syed Shoaib Ahmed Bukhari, Adil Siddiqui and Abdul Haseeb of the MQM. With the induction of new ministers, the number of female ministers in the provincial cabinet rose to five while that of the minority community to three. The 21-member first batch of ministers included four women ministers, two ministers from minority members and one from the Awami National Party (ANP). The MQM has also been given one office of Advisor and a special assistant for which the notification of Khawaja Azharul Hassan and Ghulam Haider Rahu would be issued separately.
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Does this this mean 'Zardari/Altaf Bhai Bhai' . :)
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Does this this mean 'Zardari/Altaf Bhai Bhai' . :)
Altaf have tendency to become bhai ( in local terms lota & lifafa) of anyone in power. The only principal Altaf and Co believe or have is to be in power...
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Oh man, the angels of MQM has joined the Great Zardari.
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The electorate will not be happy. PPP making deals with MQM. 
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Now with PML N on the way out of the federal govt, the MQM will be propping up the PPP-led govt. No wonder Zardari is due to meet Altaf Hussain again later today in London.
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Mashallah. What a great picture this makes. Great Zardari receiving a gift of a poem in honour of BB (Shaheed) from Altaf Husain. 
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/images/2008/05/11/20080511_02.jpg
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^ Mashallah indeed, great Altaf and great Zardari, Mashallah Mashallah
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Altaf Hussain is a poet now?
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Altaf Hussain is a poet now?
Yeah, he writes love poems for Musharraf after hes done counting bhatta.
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Altaf Hussain is a poet now?
It appears there is no end to his talents. :)
Is that why Great Zardari, the leader of PPP, has been signing agreements with MQM?
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**Good job **
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It appears there is no end to his talents. :)
Is that why Great Zardari, the leader of PPP, has been signing agreements with MQM?
It is the other way around, it is great Pir Altaf who is begged his new Master (after great Musharraf), great Zardari, just like in the past how he begged Nawaz, Benazir, even the people of some madrassah for some show of support, as due to the risiging costs of commodities and his armani suits, he can no longer rely on inflated Bhatta alone.
All Pakistani politicians are talented in their own way, because they make everyone laugh 
But it’s good to see the PPP letting bygones be bygones, and Zardari travelling to Nine Zero and London to meet Altaf in a spirit of reconcilation. It’s time for politicians to be less dogmatic and more pragmatic, because only that way provincilism and ethnicity will die down. Now only Nawaz needs to adopt this mode of politics, and move forward, which I am sure he will in time. He is presently busy kissing up to Musharraf’s PML Q leaders in Punjab, so I am sure he will doing the same with the MQM in the not too distant future.
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Nawaz and MQM making up would be orgasmic for you, but sadly it wont happen. In the end, all these political parties are distancing themselves from Musharraf. Even MQM's Babur Commando Ghauri has said that May 12th was a conspiracy by the establishment to use them.