TAXILA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) estranged leader and former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Saturday said he can work under the leadership of Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif but not under Maryam Nawaz or Hamza Shehbaz. “I can work under a senior but I cannot work under a junior. I am not a political orphan that I refer to a junior as ‘sir’ and ‘madam’,” he told reporters at a press conference in Taxila. “You tell me, can I work under children?” he said, in a reference to Maryam and Hamza, who are widely tipped to assume the mantle of the party in the future. When pressed again whether he would accept Maryam as the party’s new supremo, Nisar said there were many senior leaders in PML-N who could be considered to lead the party. “Why are you stuck with Maryam and Hamza?” he asked. When questioned about his previous remarks that Maryam lacked the experience to lead PML-N, Nisar in turn asked whether he had said anything wrong at the time. “A person has some dignity. If such situation arises where I am asked to serve under a junior, I will take a decision once it happens,” the former minister said. He, however, emphasised that he had no differences with elder Sharifs and would be ready to work under either Nawaz, Shehbaz, or even Prime Minister Abbasi. Ch Nisar also announced to make the Dawn Leaks inquiry report public if the party did not convene a meeting of the central executive committee on the issue. Nisar said it has been months since the CEC of the party was formed but there has only been one meeting so far. He said he had proposed during the meeting that the only way to resolve differences was through “dialogue, dialogue and dialogue”. Nisar said there is no difference of opinion among PML-N leaders that confrontation with superior judiciary is not a wise idea. However, difference exists within the party on the ‘execution’ of the policy, he added. The senior PML-N leader stressed he was not alone in advocating a policy of non-confrontation with the judiciary, saying that Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif also propagate the same. He was of the view that personalised attacks on judges can only deteriorate the situation. Ch Nisar said only the upcoming general elections will decide who becomes the next prime minister of the country. He also announced that he had decided to remain active within the party. Published in Daily Times, February 11th 2018.