ISLAMABAD: Following his meeting with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)President Shahbaz Sharif, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has given a conditionalnod to put aside his reservations and differences with the ruling party,sources said.
Shahbaz reached through a special plane from Lahore to Islamabad onThursday, where he held a two-hour-long meeting with the disgruntled partyleader at the Punjab House.
This was the fifth meeting between Nisar and Shahbaz in over the past acouple of weeks. The last meeting of the two took place on Sunday where,according to sources, the two discussed various party issues, including astrategy for the upcoming general elections and ways to strengthen theparty.
Sources privy to the entire development told Geo News that Nisar had beenawaiting the Punjab chief minister, a friend. The leaders held a discussionfor two hours, after which Shahbaz immediately returned to Lahore.
Nisar has been ready to forget his differences and reservations with theparty, sources said, but he has put forth a condition that the PML-Nsupremo Nawaz Sharif should also come and meet him along with ShahbazSharif.
Nisar reportedly told Shahbaz that if Nawaz comes to meet him, he would beready to move forth with the party and they could also decide the wayforward. The rift between Nisar, a veteran party leader from Rawalpindi,and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif has been brewing since July last yearfollowing Nawaz’s disqualification and subsequent public offensive againsthis ouster.