ISLAMABAD: Awami National Party (ANP) Chief Asfandyar Wali Khan called on Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani at Prime Minister House on Tuesday and discussed political situation in the country.
The Prime Minister assured the ANP Chief that the government believed in resolving through consensus all issues having bearings either on politics or economy or on the social sector.
The ANP chief met the Prime Minister along with a delegation of parliamentarians of his party.
The Prime Minister appreciated the ANP chief for taking bold stand against those who were bent upon harming the democratic process in the country on the behest of those who were certainly not the well-wishers of Pakistan.
Prime Minister Gilani while responding to queries of ANP MNAs said that he would direct the Chairperson of BISP Farzana Raja to hold meeting with them aimed at extending financial assistance to the deserving families who were living below the poverty line.
In this regard, Poverty Survey already conducted could help a great deal, added the Prime Minister.
Asfandyar Wali said that his party's ideology always stood for the undiluted democracy and would never allow others to succeed in derailing the democracy in the country.
The ANP members of the National Assembly apprised the Prime Minister about the ongoing development schemes in their respective constituencies and told the Prime Minister that all of these would be completed on time.
Later, the ANP chief along with MNAs of the party had lunch with the Prime Minister.
Those who attended the lunch included: Minister for Railways Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, MNAs Pervaiz Khan , Pir Dilawar Shah, Syed Haider Ali Shah, Ishtiaq Khan, Masood Abbas, Arbab Muhammad Zahir, Bushra Gohar , Jamila Gilani and Khursheed Begum.
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