Shahbaz Sharif opposed attending Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s sit-in

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif will call on incarcerated former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Kot Lakhpat Jail on Thursday (today) to deliberate on the Azadi March.

It has been learnt that Shehbaz Sharif will present party recommendations for approval before the PML-N supremo regarding Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman’s Azadi March.

Let it be known that PML-N senior leaders had prepared recommendations on Wednesday for the upcoming protest.

The final decision to participate in the Azadi March will be taken today.

Nawaz Sharif will also meet other family members in jail.

Earlier, the PML-N stalwarts could not evolve a consensus whether the party should join the Azadi March announced by Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman for Oct 27 in a huddle.

However, the party leaders pledged to follow whatever decision former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would take in this regard.

The meeting held in Model Town lasted more than five hours with PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif in the chair.

Prominent among the participants were Raja Zafarul Haq, Khawaja Asif, Rana Tanvir Hussain, Marriyum Auranzeb, Pervaiz Rashid, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Murtaza Javed Abbasi, retired Gen Abdul Qadir Baloch, Muhammad Zubair, Hanif Abbasi and Pervaiz Malik.