ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani were working on same wavelength and their was unanimity of view between the two on host of issues including striking down of controversial parts of 17th Amendment in a meeting held at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Saturday. Both President and Prime Minister, once again, reiterated the country's stance against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations but regretted that India was not responding positively to their offer of joint investigation of Mumbai terror attacks. The sources privy to the deliberations of the meeting revealed that it was held in cordial atmosphere and remained continue for well over one hour. There was consensus on most of the issues and both leaders agreed that the government policy of grand reconciliation among the political forces in the country would continue to be the guideline for them in running the affairs in future as well, the sources added. The sources said there was no two opinions on the issue of supremacy of the Parliament and President Zardari said that Pakistan People's Party would support any consensus set of amendments to be introduced in the Constitution to remove the deformities and distortions introduced in the 1973 Constitution. The sources informed that the President was standing by his commitment made in his maiden address to the joint sitting of the Parliament regarding striking balance between the powers of President and Prime Minister for which the yardstick would be the Charter of Democracy inked by Shaheed Benazir Bhutto with major political forces of the country. Both the leaders were of the view that all the amendment bills filed with the Parliament to repeal 17th constitutional Amendment by various political parties would be clubbed together and some consensus would be evolved on it among the political forces after threadbare discussion in the light of CoD and the same be tabled before the Parliament for enactment. The sources said President Zardari was not at all interested to have more constitutional powers as the President of Pakistan and himself wanted to see balance of powers between the offices of President and Prime Minister. He wanted to see the Parliament strong and supreme. Both the leaders also discussed the upcoming Senate elections in which PPP would likely be getting the major share and become the single largest party in the Upper House of the Parliament. In this connection PPP had already constituted committees at provincial level to take care of the party interests in these elections in their respective province. It was also decided in the meeting that the PPP would contest these elections with the support of its allies in the provinces to thwart the way of remnants of dictatorial regime from getting into the Upper House of the Parliament. Both the leaders also discussed the working relations with its allies at Centre and provinces and it was decided that efforts would be made to further consolidate relations with all the allies and the reservations of some of these allies would be addressed on priority basis. The issue of worsening relations with Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) also came under discussion and once again Zardari reiterated his stand that PPP would not attempt to destabilise Punjab government, as both PM and President believed that such a move would harm the incumbent political dispensation. Both the leaders also agreed that efforts should be made to appease estranged PML-N and would be brought back into the coalition in the light of the greater reconciliation policy of the PPP. The prevailing regional tension in the wake of Mumbai attacks was also discussed in the meeting and both the leaders agreed to the point that Pakistan should continue efforts to defuse it and once again reiterated country's stance against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. President Zardari said that it was the victory of their stand in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks that all the international players were supportive to their point of view but regretted that India was not responding positively to their sincere offer of joint investigation into the Mumbai terror attacks. Meanwhile, a delegation of PPP from Rawalpindi Division on Saturday called on President Asif Ali Zardari. Dr Faryal Talpur, Makhdoom Amin Fahim, Federal Minister for Commerce, Raja Parvez Ashraf, Federal Minister for Water and Power, Dr Babar Awan, Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Jahangir Badar, Secretary General PPP and Rana Aftab, President PPP (Punjab) were also present in the meeting. Addressing the meeting, the President said that the PPP government was determined to steer the country out of its current, social, political and economic problems. He said that in the past also the PPP had extricated the country out of a very difficult situation in 1971 and restored the morale and confidence of the people. We will take the country to new heights in the days to come, he said. The President also said, "Our opponents had unleashed a malicious propaganda against us on the eve of Senate elections but we will defeat all conspiracies hatched against the democratic government". He asked the party workers and office-bearers to address the grievances of the people and always remember the saying of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto that the paradise of politics lays at the feet of the people. He said that the people had reposed great trust in the PPP and it must strive to rise to their expectations. Some of the members of delegation also spoke on this occasion and informed the President about the problems faced by the people of their areas and also suggested remedial measures. The President assured the delegation that the government will look into the problems and will try to address them. The President also hosted dinner in their honour.