Stressing that final points have not yet been settled between the parties, Dar said that major breakthrough is expected in the negotiations during today’s meeting and a formal joint declaration of both parties would be issued once the talks culminate.
Despite the PPP’s insistence on not being part of the future government, PML-N leader Irfan Siddiqui has claimed that the Bilawal-led party would ultimately become part of the federal government.
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) officials have spoken out against establishing a government at the Centre, claiming that the party has “no desire to decorate this crown of thorns on its head,” The News reported on Saturday.
Speaking to X, Khawaja Saad Rafique stated that the establishment of the federal government was the joint responsibility of all parties in parliament, not just the PML-N.
Rafique added, “Independent members supported by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) should take the initiative, form a joint central government with the PPP.”
He stated that no political party had a clear majority and that the “PML-N has no desire to decorate this crown of thorns on its head”.
Stressing that final points have not yet been settled between the parties, Dar said that major breakthrough is expected in the negotiations during today’s meeting and a formal joint declaration of both parties would be issued once the talks culminate.
Despite the PPP’s insistence on not being part of the future government, PML-N leader Irfan Siddiqui has claimed that the Bilawal-led party would ultimately become part of the federal government.
“We should not make the federal government,” the party leaders told the PML-N meeting on Friday, hosted by party supremo Nawaz Sharif, according to Geo News.
They claimed Nawaz indicated that unprincipled demands from any party should not be granted when forming the federal government.
According to sources, Shehbaz, Maryam Nawaz, Ishaq Dar, Marriyum Aurangzeb, and Rafique attended the meeting, along with Azam Nazir Tarar, Ayaz Sadiq, Ahsan Iqbal, Rana Tanveer, Suleman Shehbaz, and Malik Ahmad Khan.
The meeting attendees advised to Nawaz, “We should not take the federal government.” In Punjab, a government can be readily created by combining independents.”
According to sources, Dar stated that with the assistance of independents, the PML-N in Punjab had grown to 154, and the provincial government
