—– Maulana calls on PM after differences emerge
—– Shehbaz was tasked by Nawaz to woo Fazl on Dubai meetings
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) President Maulana Fazlur Rehman to meet Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif amid the current political differences.
According to sources, the JUI-F chief and his son and federal minister Maulana Asad Mahmood have reached the Prime Minister’s house to meet PM Shehbaz Sharif.
Prime Minister Shehbaz will take the PDM president in confidence regarding the meet-ing between PPP co-chairman Asif Zardari and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif in Dubai.
In a move aimed at resolving existing reservations, Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif also intends to convince the dissatisfied Maulana Fazlur Rahman and find Dubai as a common ground to address his reservations at a recent Zardari-Nawaz meeting.
Earlier, Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) President Maulana Fazlur Rehman ex-pressed displeasure over the meeting of allied parties’ leaders Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari in Dubai, held last month to ‘resolve political issues’.
“PML-N [Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz] should have taken coalition parties into confi-dence before holding a meeting in Dubai,” the JUI-F chairman said while talking to journalists in Peshawar, expressing displeasure over the ‘ignorance’.
Maulana Fazl pointed out that the PML-N has not yet taken the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) into confidence about the meeting with Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) – the ruling coalition partner in Centre
It is pertinent to mention here that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif met with for-mer President Asif Zardari in a hotel located along Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai.
The top leadership from the PML-N and PPP met in Dubai to decide the timing of the next general elections in the country and “their share” in the future set-up.
Zardari in a meeting with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo, Nawaz Sharif in Dubai ‘convinced’ him also to hold elections on time as per the constitution, the sources said.
Earlier, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif on Monday tasked Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to woo Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on the Dubai meetings held between the PML-N and PPP leadership.
Rehman and PM Shehbaz will speak about the political climate in the country during their meeting today. The premier will also apprise Rehman of the ruling alliance’s elec-tion strategy.
Sources divulged that Rehman, accompanied by Minister for Communication Asad Mehmood, reached PM House to meet PM Shehbaz.
Separately, the premier held a meeting with Minister for Communication Asad Mehmood. During the meeting, both leaders exchanged views on the country’s political situation.
PM Sharif on Wednesday said that the last ten years were an inspirational story of how President Xi Jinping’s vision of “Iron Brotherhood” converted into the completion of projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework.
On his Twitter handle, the Prime Minister also praised the leadership role of his Quaid (former prime minister) Mian Nawaz Sharif in this regard. “I am witness to how he over-saw the project implementation in energy & infrastructure sectors, spending hours on fine-tuning the details, reviewing progress & ensuring timelines.”
