Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has hinted at launching a new political party soon
“We are holding consultations and groundwork in progress for a new political party,” he was talking to media while arriving for a NAB hearing. “The country needed a new political party,” he said.
Abbasi, a former PML-N stalwart, requested to the president and prime minister to save the country and abolish the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
“I don’t want withdrawal of cases against me but decision on all these cases,” he said.
On a question, estranged PML-N leader said that having no contact with Nawaz Sharif, “I am ready to meet him, when he will summon”, he added.
Earlier last December, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, the former prime minister of Pakistan, has declared not to run for the general elections that are slated to take place in February next year.
A prominent member of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Shahid Khaqan, dodged queries about leaving the PML-N or starting a new political party during an interview with the media in Islamabad.
The estranged PML-N leader responded, “nor I felt any need of it,” when asked if Nawaz Sharif had spoken to him.
“There will undoubtedly be general elections on February 8,” he responded to another query raised by media.
