Pakistan Prime Minister Mirza Farullah Khan Jamali has said he is ready to hold fresh negotiations with former premier Benazir Bhutto’s PPP to obtain support to sustain his fledgling government after talks with hardline Islamic parties failed to make a headway.‘‘I believe dialogue is the only way to resolve political issues, and I am ready for talks with the PPP,’’ Jamali of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaide Azam (PML-Q) told reporters here on Sunday. Officials here said that Jamali has invited senior Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader and Bhutto loyalist Mukhdhum Amin Fahim for dinner tonight to begin a fresh round of talks between PML-Q and PPP, which didn’t succeed earlier over Musharraf’s political future as well as his refusal to agree for a safe passage to Bhutto to return from her self exile.Jamali’s decision to hold talks with the PPP followed his failure to make a headway in dialogue with the alliance of Islamic parties, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) which continued to insist that Musharraf should quit as Chief of Army and scale down his power to dismiss Parliament. It also followed speculations in media that Musharraf held a lengthy meeting with Fahim to discuss a way out of the current political crisis.The PML-Q-PPP parleys, however, come ahead of the crucial inaugural meeting of the Sindh provincial Assembly scheduled to be held on Dec 12. Jamali said the majority party in Sindh would be allowed to form government and the federal government would not hesitate in handing over power to an elected Chief Minister.‘‘If the PPP musters the necessary support to form its government in Sindh, its right would not be opposed as the majority party,’’ he said, adding if the PPP failed to form a government, then the PML-Q would form its government in Sindh.‘‘The party which enjoys the support of majority has the first right to form a government,’’ Jamali said. Meanwhile, as the PML-Q geared up for talks with PPP, the government has released Bhutto’s husband, Asif Ali Zardari, on a 15-day parole for Id-ul Fitr. (PTI)
