Saturday, July 25, 2009

Asfandyar to meet Nawaz on NWFP renaming

ISLAMABAD: Central President of Awami National Party (ANP) Asfandyar Wali Khan is likely to meet PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif within next few days in a bid to get his support as well as to create consensus for changing the name of NWFP as Pakhtunkhwa.

According to sources, as there is a consensus among majority of the members of the Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms on the issue of renaming the NWFP as Pakhtunkhwa, therefore, the ANP has decided to get the support of the PML-N, and Asfandyar Wali will soon meet Nawaz Sharif in this regard.

The meeting is expected on the return of Mian Nawaz Sharif from London next week. Presently, the PPP, MQM, JUI-F, JWP, NP and BNP-A are in favour of renaming the province as Pakhtunkhwa while the PML-N, Jamaat-e-Islami and PML-Q are opposing it.

The ANP is set to raise the issue in the upcoming meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms that is scheduled for Tuesday (July 28). The ANP wanted that its demand should be incorporated in the constitutional amendments, the sources said. The sources said the ANP wished that once it got the support of the PML-N, the name of the province would be changed with consensus rather than majority.

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