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Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has telephoned PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif and assured him to implement his 10 points agenda.Nawaz Sharif gave 72 hours to the government to give a clear response to his demands. However, PML-N chief enhanced the deadline by further 72 hours due to the assassination of Governor Punjab Salmaan Taseer. The deadline was set to end on Monday, but on Sunday Gilani telephoned PML-N chief and assured him to accept his 10 points agenda. The agenda includes withdrawal of increase in petroleum prices, mechanism to control electricity and gas prices and loadshedding, effective measures to control corruption, including ouster of corrupt ministers and corrupt officers from the government departments, measures to provide relief to masses by checking the price hike, implementation on decisions of the Supreme Court, including its verdict against the NRO, 30 per cent reduction in governments development expenses, reconstitution of the Election Commission, recovery of loans which were written off on political basis, ensuring security of the country, strengthening the standing committees of two houses of parliament, transparent probe into scams of the Punjab Bank, Insurance Corporation, Steel Mills and other mega scandals.PM telephons key political leadersPrime Minister Yousif Raza Gilani has telephoned key political leaders including Nawaz Sharif, Pir Pagara, Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehmen and Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and talked over the prevailing political scenario of the country.
