LONDON: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has refused to meet formerinterior minister Chaudhary Nisar after the latter arrived in London lastnight for a two-week visit to the United Kingdom.
Sharif was approached by a mutual acquaintance to consider meeting theformer interior minister sometime this week, but the former premier turneddown the request.
Sharif is the de-facto chief of Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz, and Nisarwas an important member of his party up until the two had a public fallingout over political differences more than a year ago.
Senior PML-N leaders Shehbaz Sharif and Ishaq Dar, when asked to comment onthe new developments, refused to publicly acknowledge or deny that contacthad been made for a meeting between the two leaders.
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Sources further claim that Nisar, who is considered a close ally of formerPunjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif, is not on good terms with his goodfriend because of the public spat the former interior minister had withNawaz Sharif.
