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May 10, 2008, 6:42am
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Re: PPP ministers Musical Dinner Date with President Musharraf
It’s good to see such close relations being formed between the Presidency and the government.
Rehman Malik’s dinner menu
Thursday, April 24, 2008
By Dilshad Azeem
Prime Minister’s Adviser on Interior Rehman Malik had an exclusive session with President Pervez Musharraf and discussed with him, among other things, the burning issue of the reinstatement of the deposed judges, The News has learnt. “Rehman Malik met Musharraf alone at the dinner the president had hosted in honour of the formation commanders at the Aiwan-e-Sadr,” sources privy to the development revealed here on Wednesday. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and some members of the federal cabinet belonging to the PPP also attended the dinner. The ministers belonging to the PML-N were conspicuous by their absence. Information Minister Sherry Rehman, Law Minister Farooq Naek and Syed Naveed Qamar were among the ministers who attended the dinner and also enjoyed a musical evening.
The PM adviser is said to have briefed Musharraf about the judges’ restoration as well as the proposed constitutional amendments. “Yes, I attended the dinner and sat along with other personalities at the dining table with the president, but there was no meeting with him in which we could have discussed the issues,” said Rehman Malik when this correspondent sought his reaction. He said he did attend the dinner along with his spouse but left the Aiwan-e-Sadr early. “No, not at all,” was his response when further pressed about his meeting with Musharraf. “We had a social kind of discussion with the president. Actually, I left the presidency in a hurry as I had some other engagements also.”
However, the sources confirmed that Malik and almost all the ministers remained inside the presidency for at least two and a half hours. “We do not feel the need to discuss these issues with the president as our leadership is working out the modalities for implementing the Murree Declaration,” said Rehman Malik. According to sources, Malik, who played a key role in striking a deal between PPP’s slain chairperson Benazir Bhutto and Pervez Musharraf, is still handling things that come under the purview of the agreed points of the understanding. Rehman Malik, who enjoys “excellent relations” with the president, briefed Musharraf about the political compulsions behind the government’s plan to reinstate the deposed judges.
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=14286
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