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Bilawal forms committee for dialogue on BNP's offer to join opposition

Dunya News

Khursheed Shah, Nayyer Bukkhari, Pervaiz Ashraf and Farhatulllah Babar will hold dialogues with BNP.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday formed a four-member committee for dialogues on Balochistan National Party-Mengal’s (BNP-M) offer to join the opposition.

The four-member team comprises of Syed Khursheed Shah, Nayyer Bukkhari, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and Farhatulllah Babar will hold dialogues with the BNP-Mengal.

The PPP chairman’s political secretary Jamil Somro has issued the notification for the formation the committee.

Sources said that BNP-Mengal’s Akhtar Mengal had sent a message to Bilawal for the formation of committee and also offered to join the opposition in return for support of their demands.

Mengal had offered the opposition for a written agreement on their demands and the BNP would become part of the opposition after successful doalogues.