Times of Islamabad

In a first, Shahbaz Sharif hits out against Nawaz Sharif

In a first, Shahbaz Sharif hits out against Nawaz Sharif

*LAHORE: Cracks in Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) ranks are wide opennow over the JUI-F’s Azadi March, as the party’s President Shehbaz Sharif,criticized his elder brother and jailed former premier Nawaz Sharif forneglecting his advises.*AdAd

According to the inside story of the PML-N’s Central Executive Committee(CEC) meeting that was presided over by Shehbaz, yesterday (Wednesday), thePML-N president said the party always suffered a loss whenever it picked afight with the establishment.

Younger Sharif kept on talking for two hours after the end of the meetingto respond to the criticisms of the party leaders.

“I told the former premier during his last tenure to stop fighting with theestablishment and serve the people”, Shehbaz was quoted as saying in theparty meeting.

Furthermore, Shehbaz said that in the past, he had advised Nawaz at thetime of General (retd) Jahangir Karamat and General (retd) Pervez Musharraf.

During the meeting, Shehbaz Sharif had also rejected to lead the party inJUI-F’s Long March and named Ahsan Iqbal to lead the party in Fazal’s sitin.

It must be noted that the central leadership of Pakistan MuslimLeague-Nawaz (PML-N) had opposed participating in the Azadi March.