Ground Report

ISLAMABAD: The joint committee of APDM and ARD achieved consensus on 13 points, while the differences on two points still persist.The committee representing both the alliances of All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) and Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) held a meeting to finalize the Charter of Demands. However, the meeting ended with two points still stand undecided.It should be noted that there are 15 points in Charter of Demands. The joint committee met for at least four times in three days after December 3 meeting between Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto at Zardari House here.The four representatives from each alliance participated in the meeting. More meetings are still to come to put an end to the differences on these two points, after which the Charter of Demands will be tabled to the governments.Addressing a press conference on Thursday after the final meeting, the Opposition Leader in Senate Mian Raza Rabbani said the Charter of Democracy included 15 points, out of which 13 have been unanimously agreed upon, adding the differing affairs would be presented to the chiefs of both the alliances to decide them in a joint meeting.On this occasion, Mian Raza did not reveal the conflicting affairs to the media; however, the sources said that these affairs pertained to the restoration of judges and the deadline for Charter of Demand.