ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, secretary-general of Pakistan Muslim League-Q and an aspirant to prime ministership on Wednesday, said that all political parties should work in unison to ensure that future parliament completes its term.

Talking to newsmen in his office he said: “My party was ready to sit with everyone including the PPP in order to agree on a mechanism for the transfer of power.”

Referring to the desire of the opposition parties that some of the contentious issues like the LFO and constitutional amendments should be settled outside parliament he said: “In my opinion matters pertaining to parliament should be referred to the august house for solution.”

He said that though his party was in a position to form government without the help of other major parties, they still would like a national consensus.

Replying to a question regarding some parties’ insistence to convene parliament he said that there was nothing to worry about.

Jamali went on to say, it took 23 days in summoning the first session of the assembly after the 1988 elections, and its only been 20 days since the election day.

He attributed the delay merely to the election on seats reserved for women, and the court cases in which stay have been granted.

When asked why his party was delaying the announcement of its candidate for prime minister Jamali said: “Our party was showing patience, which was one of the basics of politics”.

Replying to a question with regards to rumours of a rift in his party leadership, Jamali said: “There was no truth in these stories.”