President Asif Ali Zardari has contacted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif by telephone to discuss the Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) decision to form a government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), taking the premier into confidence over the move, sources said on Sunday.

According to party sources, Prime Minister Shehbaz has tasked the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) AJK Affairs Committee with holding negotiations with the PPP on the matter.

The committee is headed by Ahsan Iqbal, with Rana Sanaullah and Amir Muqam as members. Before initiating talks with the PPP, the committee had begun consultations with the PML-N’s AJK leadership.

The prime minister has also formed a separate committee, led by Ahsan Iqbal, to determine whether or not the party should support the PPP’s bid for governm

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