LAHORE: Former president and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Emir Sirajul Haq said on Friday that prevailing political deadlock in the country against the backdrop of PTI and PAT led sit-ins in Islamabad should be resolved through negotiations.

Zardari held a meeting with Haq at the JI headquarters Mansoora to discuss Pakistan's ongoing political situation.

The PPP co-chairman was accompanied by Qamar Zaman Kaira, former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Makhdoom Amin Fahim and Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo, whereas JI's Farid Paracha accompanied party chief Sirajul Haq in the meeting.

Speaking to media representatives in a joint press conference held after the meeting, former president Zardari said that in politics, no word was final and issues should be resolved through negotiations.

He added that PPP's agenda was to resolve the country's problems and to bring all political forces together. Zardari further said that political parties would have to change their way of thinking in tandem to the changing world.

"Some people were raising fingers against dynastic politics while they should be thankful that our children want to enter politics despite security risks," said Zardari referring to his son Bilawal Bhutoo Zardari, who is only 27 years old.

The former president said that everyone would have to contribute in building Pakistan and the task cannot be achieved by anyone alone.

He moreover said that the public reacts angrily each time the electricity charges are increased and added that in future the country would require 50 to 60 thousand megawatt electricity, whereas 40,000 MW of electricity can be generated through wind in Sindh alone.

Speaking on the occasion, JI Emir Sirajul Haq said that had Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif fulfilled his promises made to the people, then the situation would not have been as bad as it currently is. He said the JI would continue its efforts in stabilising democracy.

He said that new traditions are being set in the country's politics and both the parties (PPP and JI) want political forces to communicate with each other and to think of the hardships faced by the common man.

Sirajul Haq also said that the Constitution of Pakistan was the chain that held all the provinces together and it was this constitution which needed to be saved. He said democracy was a blessing but its benefits were out of reach of the masses.

The JI chief further said that the politics of the past would have to be forgotten and a new political culture would have to be adopted.

Protesters led by PAT chief Dr Tahirul Qadri and PTI Chairman Imran Khan have been staging anti-government protest sit-ins in front of the parliament house in Islamabad since mid-August, seeking to oust the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.