After flurry of meetings, Zardari heads to capital

A key disagreement emerged regarding the proposed office-bearer structure in Lahore

President Zardari addressing World Summit for social development in Doha Novemeber 4, 2025 Photo: Radio Pakistan

LAHORE:

President Asif Zardari is expected to leave for Islamabad on Monday (today) after his flight scheduled for Sunday was canceled due to smog, according to party sources.
He had arrived in Lahore to congratulate a party leader on her son’s upcoming wedding later this month. While there, he did meet with party leaders, but none of the meetings concerned specific party affairs.

Currently, considerable wrangling is ongoing within the Central Punjab chapter, which is still awaiting the leadership’s approval for party reorganization. 
Chairman Bilawal Bhutto, who stayed in Punjab for around five days, was also expected to approve this reorganization; however, there has been complete silence on the matter.

A key disagreement emerged regarding the proposed office-bearer structure in Lahore, where the Central Punjab leadership and the Central information secretary wanted their own nominees to be given portfolios of their choice. 

However, according to party sources, the proposed president of Lahore, Faisal Mir, has flatly refused to accept their recommendations.  One particular position that has caused friction between Mir and the Party Information Secretary is the information secretary of Lahore. Nadeem Afzal Chan wants Sania Kamran to be appointed, while Mir insists on his own candidate. 

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