Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad on Tuesday.

Current political and security situation in the country was discussed during the meeting. The upcoming meeting of the political leadership of the country in order to evolve national consensus on current situation also came under discussion.

Reposing confidence in the ability of democratic leadership to stand united at all times that call for unity, the President expressed the hope that the country’s political leadership would be able to reach consensus on issues of national concerns.

Later, the two leaders were also joined by Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, Federal Minister for Defence, Secretary General to the President M Salman Faruqui and Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir in their conversation.