President chairs meeting of coalition partners on security, foreign policy

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of coalition partners was held at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Wednesday with President Asif Ali Zardari in chair.

Those who were present during the meeting included Ch. Pervez Ellahi, Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed, Asfandyar Wali Khan, Dr. M. Farooq Sattar, Senator Mir Israrullah Zehri, Munir Khan Orakzai and Engr Shaukatullah.

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Finance Minister Senator Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Qamar Suleman, DG ISI Lt. Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha, Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jillani and Ex-Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir were also present during the meeting.

The meeting was briefed about the security and foreign policy related issues.