Maryam, Bilawal likely to meet today in G-B

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz and Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari are expected to hold a meeting today (Wednesday) to discuss various agendas including upcoming polls in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B).

The two leaders are currently in the region and are mobilising their respective voter base for the elections. 

According to the PML-N, the two are expected to discuss the future course of action for the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) and the country’s current economic and political situation.

The inquiry report of the 'Karachi incident' is also expected to come under discussion. In this regard, both leaders would present their respective positions and a joint strategy would be chalked out.

The expected meeting would be attended by PPP leader Sherry Rehman, Bilawal Bhutto's spokesman Barrister Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar and Gilgit-Baltistan's PPP president.

Ahsan Iqbal, Pervez Rashid and former chief minister and PML-N Gilgit-Baltistan president Hafiz Hafeezur-Rehman and Maryam Aurangzeb are also expected to attend the meeting.

Earlier today, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz said that contradicting stances taken by the opposition regarding the 'Karachi incident' highlights the division within the PDM.

In a tweet, he said Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari welcomed the inquiry report on the incident, that preceded the arrest of Capt Safdar in on October 19, while Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif 'rejected' it.

He said this difference in both the opposition parties' - part of the 11-party alliance known as the PDM - stance clearly shows a division in the movement.

Shibli added that these people will now need another charter after this second one.

The federal minister said the movement lacks any direction or a single ideology and therefore has no future.