RECORDER REPORT
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday assured disgruntled party leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan that all his grievances with the party leadership will be resolved soon.
In his third meeting with Nisar in a week, Sharif assured the former interior minister who is considered to be quite close to hi, that he would make all out efforts to address his apprehensions regarding the party leadership especially party quaid Nawaz Sharif.
On his return to Lahore, Sharif conveyed the reservations expressed by Nisar to Nawaz Sharif. The sources said that the newly elected PML-N president has convinced the elder Sharif to a great extent about the Nisar reservations.
“I’m sure things will be alright as Chaudhry Nisar is a senior party leader [and] we all want the issue to be resolved once for all. Such infighting for the party itself,” said a senior PML-N leader.
The two PML-N leaders discussed matters pertaining to upcoming elections and overall political situation of the country in the aftermath of lifetime disqualification of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s as a result of the Supreme Court’s ruling.
Reassuring the disgruntled PML-N stalwart, Shabaz said the party needed the former to continue serving the masses and contributing in development projects for the progress and prosperity of common people.
“We want this journey to continue and for that it’s vital to remove all differences within the party ranks,” he added.
The meeting takes place as the ruling party in centre and Punjab is once again locked in internal division between ‘hawks’ and ‘doves’ regarding Nawaz Sharif’s lifetime disqualification by the Supreme Court earlier on Friday.
PML-N’s new president Shehbaz and his allies reportedly believe that the party should wait for the accountability court’s decision instead of increasing confrontation with the judiciary after the apex court’s verdict. On the contrary, Sharif’s team – with his daughter Maryam Nawaz at the forefront – believes the party should continue with its aggressive posturing highly critical of judiciary.
