Asif Zardari declares Shehbaz, Gandapur meeting a ‘good beginning’

Newly-elected President Asif Ali Zardari has said on Thursday that the meeting between the prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, and the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Ali Amin Gandapur, is a “good beginning.” 

Shehbaz Sharif’s government came into power this month after making an alliance with multiple parties, including the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

However, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is in power in KP, and it also allegedly accused PML-N of stealing PTI’s mandate in general elections. 

President Zardari has welcomed the interaction between the prime minister and the chief minister.

“It is high time we start thinking of working towards healing the divisions Pakistan has been going through,” he added.

“This outreach is a good beginning,” he stated.