Last-gasp attempt: Malik may fly to London to woo Altaf

Interior Minister Rehman Malik is likely to jet off to London to have a tete-a-tete with Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain and attempt to woo his party back into the coalition fold, sources said on Monday.

Meanwhile, negotiations between the MQM and the PPP continued on Monday at the Governor House following the announcement by the former to sit on the opposition benches in the National Assembly and the Senate.

Rehman Malik, who had flown in from Islamabad, held a one-on-one meeting with Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan following the oath-taking ceremony for Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rehman. President Asif Ali Zardari administered the oath.

The interior minister headed straight to Bilawal House after the meeting and briefed the President about the latest situation. Leaders of both the parties kept mum over the issue as no one was willing to share the outcome of the negotiations.