The ruling PPP is not moving to impeach Pervez Musharraf to avoid political instability, party chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said ahead of a planned meeting with the embattled leader amid pressure from the army and the US to develop a “working relationship” with the president.The Pakistan People’s Party wanted to resolve all issues through dialogue and not confrontation , he said.“We are ready to hold talks with anyone, including (President Pervez) Musharraf, despite differences,” Zardari, who is planning to meet Musharraf, said.Though he was reluctant to explain the agenda of his proposed meeting with Musharraf, he told The News: “I am hopeful that the outcome of my meeting with Musharraf will not disappoint the people of Pakistan.”A close aide of Zardari, however, insisted that he “will suggest to Musharraf to step down in the larger interest of Pakistan.” The PPP chairman had earlier said he was not for impeaching Musharraf and wanted him to “walk away”.The PPP could gather the support of the required number of parliamentarians for Musharraf’s impeachment but it did not believe in confrontation, Zardari told Express News TV adding economic and political stability is our first priority.”Emissaries of the US and top American Senators have met Zardari and advised him to stop attacking Musharraf and to meet him to reach some understanding.Zardari’s threats to impeach Musharraf have also not gone down well with the Pakistan Army’s high command and discreet messages have been sent to him to “resolve all the issues through dialogue”, The News reported. The date and time of meeting haven’t been publicised. The Bush administration pressed the panic button following Zardari’s attacks on Musharraf as “a relic of the past”.Two US Senators, Carl Levin and Robert Casey, met Zardari on Sunday. These Senators and some other officials have been pressing Zardari to meet Musharraf for a compromise. But Levin and Casey were told by the PPP leader “in so many words that Musharraf was no longer part of the solution, rather he was the problem”, the report said.
