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President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani held a high-level meeting at the Presidency, Dunya News reported on Saturday. DG ISI Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha was also present in the meeting while Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi briefed the participants. According to sources, it is decided in the meeting held under the chairmanship of President Asif Ali Zardari that the officials agreed to take up the armys reservations over the controversial clauses of the Kerry-Lugar bill with the US in the light of Parliaments decision. Earlier, Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani separately called on the President and discussed current political situation and Kerry-Lugar Bill with him. It was decided in the meeting to take opposition and military leadership into confidence on Kerry-Lugar Bill.
