President Zardari , PM meeting on Kerry-Lugar bill

Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 10:24 am under Pakistan News President Zardari , PM meeting on Kerry-Lugar bill

ISLAMABAD,Pakistan:- President Zardari , PM meeting on Kerry-Lugar bill:- A high-level meeting at the Presidency with President Asif Ali Zardari in chair decided to hold talks with the US administration and Senator John Kerry and Senator Lugar over the disputed clauses of the Kerry-Lugar Bill.

President Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will meet today to discuss the bill. The military will also be taken into confidence over the US aid legislation.

The meeting discussed the aftermaths of passage of Kerry-Lugar bill consider over the wayout to remove reservations of the military.

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi briefed the meeting – chaired by President Asif Ali Zardari and was also attended by Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, on the draft of the US legislation awaiting President Barrack Obama’s signature.

The meeting decided to take the military into confidence and briefed the details of the bill to the leadership.

The meeting also discussed the strategy to get unanimous approval of the bill from the parliament.

Written by: Asif Jah

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