LAHORE:
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Information Secretary Nadeem Afzal Chan said there are no more differences between the PPP and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), asserting that recent tensions between the two coalition partners have been resolved.
His remarks came just a day after PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari slammed PML-N’s alleged attempts to manipulate Gilgit-Baltistan’s election process.
However, Chan said there were no more doubts between the PPP and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), asserting that recent tensions between the two coalition partners had now been resolved following a cordial meeting between Bilawal and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Responding to a question regarding the PPP’s earlier concerns over reduced water allocations to Sindh, which had sparked protests in the National Assembly, and the party’s grievances over being marginalized in decision-making in Kashmir, Chan said that except for Kashmir, which remains an ongoing issue, all other issues have been resolved.
Notably, a day earlier, Bilawal had questioned whether the PML-N intended to “steal GB’s mandate like they did in Lahore”, a remark widely interpreted as a reference to his own constituency where he was defeated by a PML-N candidate, now information minister, Attaullah Tarar.
He said he initially hid his concerns after receiving a “thank you message” from the PML-N, adding that it reminded him of a Pir Pagara saying: in times of need, they “stand up”, but once the need is met, “they hold you by the throat”.
He also claimed that according to Form 45, the PML-N had secured only three seats out of 24, but its leaders were still talking about forming a government.
