LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and senior lawyer Aitzaz Ahsanon Monday stated that Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif travelled toSaudi Arabia in General (r) Raheel Sharif’s plane and that the Sharifbrothers were embroiled in a “conflict”.
Aitzaz Ahsan, commenting on the ongoing visit of the Sharif brothers toSaudi Arabia claimed that Nawaz Sharif is fearful of Shehbaz’s meeting withsenior Saudi Arabian officials adding that Shehbaz Sharif and formerInterior Minister Chaudhry Nisar held meetings in the dead of night.
“Shehbaz must have called him and told him he was meeting senior [Saudi]officials. So Nawaz panicked and travelled to Saudi Arabia,” the PPP leadersaid.
Aitzaz further stated that Saudi authorities could no longer prove to bebeneficial for Nawaz Sharif.
Aitzaz stated that his party has not entered into a political alliance withTahirul Qadri and that PPP’s participation in Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT)led All Parties Conference was to express solidarity with the Model Townincident victims.