PDM not to invite PPP, ANP in its next meeting Top Story April 26, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) has decided in principle that it would not invite the leadership of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Awami National Party (ANP) in the next meeting of leaders of its component parties, sources told The News here on Sunday. The sources said the PDM would hold its steering committee meeting today (Monday) without two major opposition parties -- PPP and ANP -- to discuss the anti-government movement, long march and resignations from the assemblies after Eid-ul-Fitr. The sources, who are privy to the recent contacts among former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shahbaz Sharif, confided to this correspondent that these leaders have developed a consensus that leadership of PPP and ANP would not be invited in the next meeting of leaders of component parties.