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According to well-placed sources, leaders from various like-minded political parties, sharing the same opinion as Nawaz Sharif, would be invited to the seminar. Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai, Federal Minister Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo from National Party, Qaumi Awami Tahreek President Ayaz Latif Palejo, and veteran Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Farhatullah Babar are among the leaders invited to the seminar. Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif would be the keynote speaker.
PML-N Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed would be convening the seminar, according to the sources. The sources also said that Nawaz Sharif along with his daughter was scheduled to attend a political gathering at Swat on April 1.
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Senator Mushahid Hussain said that the narrative of restoring the sanctity of ballot was not restricted to PMLN. He added that several other parties share the same opinion as the ruling party and that the seminar would only bring all the like-minded leaders together. The senator said that PML-N has also invited members of civil society and think tanks to deliberate on the issue.
Hussain said that the party wants to take ownership of the movement for restoration of justice. He added that the movement is across all the political factions and should be shared by all if “we all want democracy in the country to prosper.”
The senator said, “We have called these political leaders as public intellectuals to share their views on the issue irrespective of their party line,” after being asked about Babar’s participation in the seminar as a representative of the PPP.
Farhatullah Babar left the role of party spokesperson after criticising the PPP for backing off from upholding the supremacy of parliament.
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