Daily Times

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari, also known as a master of rapprochement, on Thursday refused to meet ousted prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif. The news was confirmed by PPP senator and spokesperson Farhatullah Babar. He opted the stance that it was not the right time for the leaders to meet and conduct dialogues. According to details, Asif Zardari has remarked that Nawaz Sharif is responsible for the current political situation in Pakistan. The disqualified premier talks about the Charter of Democracy only when he finds himself in trouble, commented Zardari.

“We have always been stabbed, PPP signed the Charter of Democracy which proved damaging for the party, while Nawaz Sharif abandoned it at the last moment,” he remarked. Meanwhile, some main political personalities from Balochistan called on former president of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari and announced joining the PPP at Bilawal House. PPP Balochistan President Ali Mohammad Jatak was also present on the occasion. Those who joined the PPP included Nawabzada Mir Shahjehan Zehri, Nawabzada Mir Yusuf Khan Zehri, Mir Nawab Khan Mengal, Wadera Muhammad Nawaz and Muhammad Khan Brohi. Speaking on the occasion, Zardari said that the next CM of Balochistan would be a PPP jiyala.

Published in Daily Times, November 24^th 2017.