Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Former president and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at PM House and discussed various options to foil the strategy of PTI chairman Imran Khan.
Both the Prime Minister and Zardari deliberated over Imran Khan’s threat to dissolve Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies.
The two discussed matters pertaining to the evolving political situation in the country, particularly the one evolving in Punjab where Imran has threatened to dissolve the provincial assembly in a bid to force early elections.
Asif Zardari Weigh Options to Foil Imran Khan’s Strategy
The two deliberated on various options to foil Imran’s plans, including moving confidence motions and dissolving the assembly.
It was decided that attempts must be made to control the uncertainty in Punjab and to proceed through mutual understanding after evolving consensus.
The meeting between senior leaders of the two coalition parties came after a similar meeting at the provincial level were held in Lahore earlier in the day.
