Amidst searing violence, PML-N team dashes to Karachi
“The delegation will meet with the PML-N leaders from Sindh on Tuesday night and the provincial chief minister, Qaim Ali Shah, on Wednesday,” PML-N’s information secretary Mushahidullah Khan told The Express Tribune. Later, they will be joined by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz, who is due in Karachi on Friday. Sharif is likely to meet with the leaders of the business community and some senior political figures.
The PML-N delegation includes Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Senator Pervaiz Rashid, Mehtab Khan Abbasi, Abdul Qadir Balooch, Sardar Yaqoob Nasir and Perveiz Malik. They will also meet Governor Ishratul Ebad, business community leaders and civil society members to discuss the ongoing spate of violence in the city.
Sources said that the delegation will first try to establish a communication channel with those parties which it has thus far been reluctant to cajole for a political alliance. And if succeeded, the delegation would give nod to the younger Sharif to join them for high-level negotiations in Karachi.
After finding itself isolated following calculated political moves by the PPP leadership, the PML-N has apparently decided to reach out to other parties. And as part of this move, sources said, the PML-N delegation will also meet with the seer politician Pir Pagara, who is also the head of Pakistan Muslim League-Functional.
The delegation will also try to address intra-party differences in the Sindh chapter of PML-N and win over Ghous Ali Shah, a senior vice president of the party in the province. “The delegation is likely to stay in Karachi for one week. And this could be a turning point in the country’s politics,” sources added.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 24th, 2011.
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@hashmi85
Bro! I like Imran Khan too but let's accept the fact that his party is nothing more than one man party. I wanted to try MQM at one point as well but i realized after the killings in Karachi that i better stick to PML-N. Less evil is better than criminal parties like PPP, MQM and ANP. They have shown their true face. I will never like to see them in Punjab.
PML (N) is an aging party where as the majority of leaders are over 65 plus not very senile . This group of aged part time politicians are hardly the people needed to sort out Karachi mess!!!
I have no doubt in my mind that PML-N is the only party which can take Pakistan out of crisis. They have the experiance from before. Every time PPP makes a mess in the country PML-N has to come for Pakistan's rescue. If we had a strong chief minister in Sindh like Shahbaz Sharif situation of Karachi would have been much better. Sheikhupura and Lahore were den of terrorists in Punjab. Gujranwala's entire division including Hafizabad, Sialkot, Narowal, Gujrat groomed many kidnappers before Shahbaz Sharif was made Chief minister in 1997. Gradually and slowly he fought with those terrorists (mostly police killed them in fake encounters). Same happened in New York, Los Angeles. Now Punjab is thr most stable province of Pakistan even though PML-N is in opposition in Parliment.
People of karachi and Sindh and all other areas should realize who is good for them. If uneducated people of Punjab can vote for Sindhi PPP why can't educated class of Sindh vote for Nawaz Sharif.
After all this situation I am seeing 1997 two third majority win for Mian Sahb. Q-league will be abolished before next general elections. Barring Chaudhries of gujrat people will come back to PML-N's fold. With Nationalists and JI on its side PML-N is bound to win InshALLAH next Elections with a two third majority.
Turning point in the country politics??? Get real, these munafiqs are here to do politics over the dead bodies in Karachi just like PPP, MQM, JI and ANP