RAJANPUR: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Shehbaz Sharif claimed onWednesday that he and disgruntled party leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan usedto be foes in 1988, and their relationship only warmed slowly.

“Nisar was Mian Sahab’s friend and my foe,” Shehbaz made this revelationwhile speaking to the media after inaugurating the District HeadquartersHospital in Rajanpur.

The younger Sharif also clarified that he was referring to 1988, and saidthat Nisar was a friend of Nawaz Sharif’s, but not of Shehbaz.

“Our relationship was bitter for some time and we eventually becamefriends,” the PML-N President said.

Shehbaz also informed his audience that Chaudhry Nisar used to alwayscomplain about Shehbaz to his older brother, with the Punjab CM claimingthat Nawaz had only ever scolded him because of Nisar’s complaining.

The Punjab CM also commented on the present tensions with Chaudhry Nisar,and called him ‘immature’.

“He needs to be dealt with like a child and we keep trying to pacify himand to resolve any issues,” the CM said.

Tensions have surfaced between the PML-N’s leadership and Chaudhry NisarAli Khan, who has openly voiced his discontent with the workings of theparty. He has also criticised Maryam Nawaz and has said that he will notwork under Maryam.

Shehbaz, meanwhile, met Nisar last month and urged him to stay with theparty. Today, moreover, when asked if he would be able to convince Nisar tostay with the party, CM Shehbaz replied with a coy, “God willingly.”