-Shows reservations over resignations from the assemblies
From Abid Usman
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Shehbaz Sharif advised Maryam Nawaz not to take matters to point of no return.According to the inside story of the meeting between Shehbaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and Hamza Shahbaz, the opposition leader advised Maryam to keep the window of dialogue open. “Avoid taking matters to point of no return.”
The meeting also discussed the upcoming public rally of the PDM in Lahore on December 13. The PML-N leaders agreed to use the option of the long march. During the meeting, Shehbaz Sharif showed reservations over Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on resignations from the assemblies and said not to consider this option at this stage.
Agencies added that a meeting took place between the PML-N leaders during the five-day parole release of Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza.
It is to be mention here that Maryam Nawaz has been carrying out the anti-government drive from the platform of the Pakistan Democratic Alliance (PDM) and has been adopting a reluctant stand.
Earlier November 29, Shehbaz had called for a national dialogue among political forces to steer “the country out of the present crisis”.
“Socio-economic conditions in the country have worsened too much and can only be improved through collective efforts. There is a dire need for a national dialogue,” he said while talking to reporters who visited him here on Sunday to condole with him over the death of his mother.
“The government has destroyed the country and damaged its economy. Every sector of the economy is on the verge of collapse,” Mr Shehbaz Sharif said.
Unlike his elder brother and PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif, who has been advocating a national dialogue among political and non-political forces (the establishment and judiciary), Mr Shehbaz Sharif wants national dialogue among only political forces to steer the country out of the present crisis.
“If we are to improve conditions of the country then all political forces will have to engage themselves in a national dialogue,” the former Punjab chief minister and opposition leader in the National Assembly said.
