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- PPP and PML-N often cooperate, says Sanaullah.<\/b><\/li>\n
- Bilawal\u2019s remarks irked Punjab CM, adds PM\u2019s aide.<\/b><\/li>\n
- PPP\u2019s Kaira blames PML-N for straining ties.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nISLAMABAD: Rana Sanaullah, the prime minister\u2019s adviser on political affairs, said on Tuesday that the ongoing tension between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) would subside once top leaders such as Asif Zardari, Shehbaz Sharif, or Nawaz Sharif held direct talks.<\/p>\n
Speaking on Geo News<\/i> programme \u201cAaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Saath\u201d, PML-N leader Sanaullah said that the two parties often cooperate on several matters despite political differences. \u201cWe have worked together and also struggled jointly,\u201d he said, adding that while PPP and PML-N are rival political forces, they are not enemies.<\/p>\n
The war of words, which began over flood compensation through the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), between PPP and PML-N further intensified after the Punjab CM said other parties used the flood devastation in the province for political mileage.<\/p>\n
A day earlier, PPP leader Raja Pervaiz Ashraf walked out of the National Assembly session, saying that his party would not participate in the proceedings until they received a clarification over the Punjab ministers’ remarks about Sindh.<\/p>\n
Taking the division between the PPP and PML-N as an opportunity, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Qaiser offered the former his party’s support in moving a no-confidence motion in the lower house.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, President Asif Ali Zardari has tasked Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi to facilitate mediation between the political parties, sources told Geo News.<\/p>\n
Naqvi will meet Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tomorrow (Wednesday), where he will request that the premier play a role in calming tensions between the two parties, they added.<\/p>\n
Speaking during today’s programme, Rana noted that PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto\u2019s recent press conference comments were objectionable, suggesting they implied the Punjab government was not performing adequately.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis remarks displeased the Punjab chief minister,\u201d Sanaullah said, adding that it was Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz\u2019s responsibility to respond when the province\u2019s governance was questioned.<\/p>\n
He said CM Maryam was not only Punjab\u2019s chief minister but also a party leader, and every worker defends their leadership. \u201cIf anyone can advise Bilawal, it is Asif Zardari, and if anyone can talk to Maryam, it would be Shehbaz or Nawaz Sharif,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
On the same show, PPP leader Qamar Zaman Kaira said it was important to trace the root of the recent dispute between the two parties. <\/p>\n
He recalled that the PPP had supported the government during the floods and that PPP Chairman Bilawal had praised the Punjab government\u2019s performance during his visits to Kasur and Multan.<\/p>\n
\u201cBilawal only suggested cash grants for farmers who lost everything, as done in the past through BISP,\u201d Kaira explained. He emphasised that Bilawal had not advised anyone to seek external aid and that the PPP did not wish for the situation to escalate.<\/p>\n
Kaira accused the PML-N of breaching several clauses of the agreement made during government formation and said Punjab\u2019s leadership had shown rigidity on key issues. <\/p>\n
\u201cOur grievance is with the PML-N, not the federal government,\u201d he stated, adding that CM Maryam\u2019s tone was regrettable and that responding in kind would only worsen ties. He added that if the tone of conversation turned bitter, so would relations between the two allies.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
- Bilawal\u2019s remarks irked Punjab CM, adds PM\u2019s aide.<\/b><\/li>\n