PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday hosted Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal to discuss political issues ahead of the planned APC, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
Earlier in the day, Bilawal telephoned Akhtar Mengal to set the meeting at Zardari House in Islamabad.
Both the leaders discussed the current political landscape of the country during the meeting, which was also attended by Syed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari and Farhatullah Babar.
Akhtar Mengal had last month parted ways with the PTI government, dealing a mighty blow to the ruling coalition.
The PPP spokesperson, in a statement on Saturday, said that the PPP chairman discussed the current political situation with the BNP chief in the meeting.
اسلام آباد: پاکستان پیپلزپارٹی کے چیئرمین بلاول بھٹو زرداری کی بلوچستان نیشنل پارٹی کے صدر اختر مینگل سے ملاقات بلاول بھٹو زرداری اور سردار اختر مینگل کے درمیان زرداری ہاؤس میں ملاقات ہوئی@BBhuttoZardari @BakhtawarBZ @AseefaBZ @MediaCellPPP @JunaidSaleemJD @zobia_raja9 pic.twitter.com/L5IQBYH4yg
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The PPP chairman was accompanied by senior leaders Nayyar Bukhari, Mustafa Nawaz Khokar, and Farhatullah Babar. Meanwhile from the BNP-M, Agha Hasan and Mir Hamal Kalmati were present at the meeting.
The meeting has assumed significance in the wake of planned opposition APC to be held after Eidul Azha.
In June, BNP's Mengal had announced to quit the coalition, saying that several issues of the province had remained unresolved including that of the missing persons.
Mengal had clarified that his party would continue to be part of the National Assembly and would keep talking about Balochistan's issues.
Also in June, Bilawal had a meeting with Akhtar Mengal. The issues of the incumbent government giving statements against the 18th Amendment and its steps for the NFC award were also discussed between the two leaders then.
It is pertinent to mention here that Akhtar Mengal has parted ways with the incumbent government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
While addressing the National Assembly (NA) session, Mengal made this announcement and said that his party has waited for two years but no one has bothered to pay attention to their demands despite fully supporting the government in the last budget.
He said that PTI had signed two agreements at the time of government formation after the 2018 General Elections and later during the presidential elections, but not a single point of the accord was implemented.