PML-N to meet JUI-F to finalise 'Azadi March'

Ahsan Iqbal denies reports of differences, division in the party

A senior PML-N delegation will meet JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman to share party chief Nawaz Sharif's message and finalise a strategy regarding the forthcoming anti-government protest, party leader Ahsan Iqbal has said.

The JUI-F has announced that it would march on the federal capital on October 31 in an attempt to overthrow the PTI government which it alleges has come to power through rigging. Opposition parties, however, are in two minds over joining hands with Fazl.

“Nawaz Sharif, in a letter to Shehbaz Sharif has shared a comprehensive roadmap for PML-N, directing the party to take Maulana Fazl into confidence on the party's course of action regarding 'Azadi March'," Iqbal told a press conference following a party's consultation meeting headed by the PML-N president on Saturday.

قائد مسلم لیگ ن نوازشریف صاحب کا صدر مسلم لیگ ن شہبازشریف کے نام لکھے جانے والے خط کے بعد آج پارٹی کا مشاورتی اجلاس ہوا نوازشریف صاحب نے خط میں مسلم لیگ ن کے لیے مکمل روڈ میپ کی تفصیل لکھی ہے.@betterpakistan pic.twitter.com/5SBVbzEqo0

— PMLN (@pmln_org) October 12, 2019

پارٹی کے اندر ہم مخلتلف رائے رکھنے کا حق رکھتے ہیں پارٹی کے فورم پہ ہرشخص اپنی رائے دیتا ہے لیکن جو قائد کا فیصلہ ہوتا ہے وہی ہم سب کا فیصلہ ہوتا ہے@betterpakistan pic.twitter.com/MbGgrSKMXo

— PMLN (@pmln_org) October 12, 2019

He said Nawaz wanted PML-N to play an important anti-government role in the prevailing scenario when "the economic situation is worsening by the day".

It is rumoured that the PML-N is divided over the planned protest, with Shehbaz Sharif opposing the idea.

However, Iqbal refuted the reports, and asked the media to not become party to any "propaganda" against the PML-N.

"There is no division in PML-N," he said, adding that the entire party had confidence in Nawaz's leadership.