INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Angry Nisar likely to join Imran Khan's PTIISLAMABAD: Disgruntled PML-N leader and former interior minister
Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan is likely to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf sometime later this month.According to a report in Daily Jang, Nisar is
in contact with PTI leaders through backdoor channels and more than one meetings have been held in this regard.Sources told Daily Jang that
Ch Nisar will soon meet PTI Chairman Imran Khan at the his home and will announce to join Khan's party.Last week, Punjab Chief Minister
Shahbaz Sharif, who is also the PML-N president, met with angry Nisar at the CM House and discussed the key differences making headlines and
dented the party cohesion and proved damaging in view of the 2018 general elections.In an interview with a private TV channel, the former
He had also said that Nawaz would never allow Shahbaz to play the role of anything more than a second fiddle despite being the party
It is, therefore, believed that the meeting was arranged in urgency in the backdrop of the rapid-fire dissent and threats by Nisar to part
that the PML-N leaders discussed the outstanding differences marring the relationship and probable common ground that could be reached to
sort them out in a win-win situation on individual and party basis.The sources also revealed that Shahbaz pursued Nisar to stay with the
PML-N and told him that he was an asset of the party, which needed his experience and support in the current testing times
He also tried to pursue Nisar to take up any issues of disagreement directly with the party leaders instead of washing the laundry in public
However, whether both sides agreed to address the issues at the party forum and not to blow the matter over media could not be confirmed
Both leaders also discussed the political situation in the country and other party matters.
