After holding four meetings last week, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif and disgruntled party leader Chaudhry Nisar met once more on Thursday at the Punjab House and reportedly discussed various ‘political issues’.
The last meeting of the two had taken place on Sunday where the two discussed various party issues, including a strategy for the upcoming general elections and ways to strengthen the party, along with Shehbaz’s recent trip to Karachi and Peshawar.
The rift between Nisar, a veteran party leader from Rawalpindi, and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif has been brewing since July last year following Nawaz’s disqualification and subsequent public offensive against his ouster.
In February, it was reported that Nawaz had parted ways with his longtime associate Nisar and decided to not extend an invitation to him for the Central Working Committee session. Nisar has also in the past publicly expressed reservations with senior PML-N leadership. He also refused to be part of new cabinet after Nawaz Sharif was disqualified as prime minister.
Published in Daily Times, April 20th 2018.
