Panamagate: Fazl urges Zardari to resolve differences with Nawaz

Sources say JUI-F chief has held a three-hour-long session with PPP co-chairman in London

In a bid to mend relations between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former president Asif Ali Zardari amid Panama papers revelations, JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has met the PPP co-chairman in London.

According to Express News, in a three-hour-long session with Zardari on Tuesday, the JUI-F chief tried to persuade the former president not to become a part of the united opposition but play the role of a 'friendly opposition'.

PM Nawaz Sharif & Maulana Fazlur Rehman are wishing to meet @AAliZardari 2 persuade him to become President of Pak & save democracy .

— Fayaz Chachar (@ChacharFayaz) May 23, 2016

Fazl has reportedly urged the PPP co-chairman to meet the premier, who is in London for a ‘medical checkup’, to improve relations between the two leaders.

Maulana Fazlur Rehman,Asif Zardari and Nawaz Sharif going to meet in London to save democracy.Now u ppl know more better then me democracy.

— Gabbar (@eaglesaltitude) May 24, 2016

On Monday, the prime minister had nominated six members from the treasury benches for a 12-member committee, which will include an equal number of opposition members to draft joint terms of reference (TORs) for an inquiry commission, which would investigate Panama Papers revelations.

Thousands of documents leaked from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca had revealed that the world’s wealthy and powerful, including three scions of Nawaz among 220 Pakistanis, had secreted their wealth in offshore holdings in international tax havens.



Last week, the prime minister visited former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani in an apparent bid to garner support on Panama leaks.

The development comes weeks after both PM Nawaz and Zardari came in close proximity in London and reports of their meeting surfaced in the national media. However, the PPP leadership denied any chance of a meeting between the two.