Alliance pressure leads to PM's urgent census meeting on April 5

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif  called for a meeting of the allied parties in order to address the issue of disagreement among the ruling allied parties regarding the census, the sources said on Sunday.

The prime minister took on the responsibility of resolving the differences of his coalition partners on this matter.

In this regard, a meeting has been scheduled for April 5, which will focus on resolving the concerns of his coalition partners.

During the meeting, the objections of the allied political parties towards the census will be reviewed. The MQM-P had  also been invited to participate in this meeting.

Both the PPP and MQM had conveyed their reservations to the federal government regarding the census exercise in Sindh.

According to sources, the MQM-Pakistan had recently announced its rejection of the census due to serious differences with the PPP.