Of rifts and patch ups: Shahbaz convinces Nisar to meet Nawaz
Shahbaz has held three meetings with the interior minister in last four days, trying to woo the estranged leader.
Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has managed to convince disgruntled Interior Minister and senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan to meet with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and resolve all differences, Express News reported on Friday.
Efforts by the Punjab chief minister, who has held multiple meetings with the Interior Minister in recent days, though seem to have finally paid off.
Reports suggest that Nisar will meet with the Prime Minister on Saturday. However, in the first phase of the meeting, no contentious issue is scheduled to be discussed.
Shahbaz has held three meetings with the interior minister in last four days, trying to woo the estranged leader.
Earlier, there were reports of fissures developing between Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and his party.
According to reports three informal powerhouses have emerged within PML-N and the stalwarts leading these groups have started lobbying within the party to remove each other from important portfolios or deflate their influence.
The three groups are led by Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Defence and Energy Minister Khawaja Asif and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar.
Party officials reveal that Nisar is the most influential of the three group leaders or has the ‘strongest’ group as he is the closest to Shahbaz Sharif. On the other hand, Khawaja Asif’s group, which includes Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique, is known to be under Prime Minister Nawaz’s wing. Dar’s group, meanwhile, enjoys the favour of both the Sharif brothers and includes State Minister for Telecommunication Anusha Rehman and Premier Nawaz’s daughter Maryam Nawaz.
Although both Nisar and Khawaja Asif have strongly opposed each other’s proposals whenever they were presented before the party leadership, they are both united in their opposition towards Dar, who they think uses – rather, abuses – the extra powers he has been given by the prime minister.
Efforts by the Punjab chief minister, who has held multiple meetings with the Interior Minister in recent days, though seem to have finally paid off.
Reports suggest that Nisar will meet with the Prime Minister on Saturday. However, in the first phase of the meeting, no contentious issue is scheduled to be discussed.
Shahbaz has held three meetings with the interior minister in last four days, trying to woo the estranged leader.
Earlier, there were reports of fissures developing between Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and his party.
According to reports three informal powerhouses have emerged within PML-N and the stalwarts leading these groups have started lobbying within the party to remove each other from important portfolios or deflate their influence.
The three groups are led by Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Defence and Energy Minister Khawaja Asif and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar.
Party officials reveal that Nisar is the most influential of the three group leaders or has the ‘strongest’ group as he is the closest to Shahbaz Sharif. On the other hand, Khawaja Asif’s group, which includes Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique, is known to be under Prime Minister Nawaz’s wing. Dar’s group, meanwhile, enjoys the favour of both the Sharif brothers and includes State Minister for Telecommunication Anusha Rehman and Premier Nawaz’s daughter Maryam Nawaz.
Although both Nisar and Khawaja Asif have strongly opposed each other’s proposals whenever they were presented before the party leadership, they are both united in their opposition towards Dar, who they think uses – rather, abuses – the extra powers he has been given by the prime minister.