{"id":24635,"date":"2023-11-14T22:32:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T22:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/nawaz-begins-quetta-mission-today-to-woo-electables\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T22:32:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T22:32:05","slug":"nawaz-begins-quetta-mission-today-to-woo-electables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/nawaz-begins-quetta-mission-today-to-woo-electables\/","title":{"rendered":"Nawaz begins Quetta mission today to woo \u2018electables\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>LAHORE: PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif is going to Balochistan on a two-day visit on Tuesday (today) as part of his party\u2019s policy to form strategic alliances in all provinces ahead of the Feb 8 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>As a delegation of senior MQM-P leaders visited the elder Sharif in Lahore last week on his invitation to forge an alliance with the PML-N against the PPP in Sindh, sources said the \u2018Sardars of Balochistan\u2019 asked him [Nawaz] to come to Quetta and honour them if he wanted to go along with them in the upcoming polls.<\/p>\n<p>PML-N senior leader Sardar Ayaz Sadiq claimed that Mr Sharif would hold political meetings in Quetta where \u201cseveral electables\u201d would announce joining his party.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent visit to Quetta, Mr Sadiq held meetings with key figures, including Jam Kamal and Nawabzada Haji Lashkari Raisani of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) who assured him of considering joining the PML-N.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"blockquote-level-1\">\n<p>Hamza says it\u2019s good sign if establishment supports government<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to sources, some former and incumbent leaders belonging to BAP may announce joining the PML-N during Mr Sharif\u2019s visit and BAP as a party seems more interested in seat adjustment with PML-N.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince some of the BAP leaders earlier remained with the PML-N and incumbent Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar, a former member of BAP, had a good working relationship with PML-N, the party of Sharifs may not face much problems in exploring strategic partners in Balochistan ahead of the polls,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1788840\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>At least three close aides of the Sharifs \u2014 Fawad Hasan Fawad, Ahad Cheema and Umar Saif \u2014 are in PM Kakar\u2019s cabinet. The PPP alleges that the PML-N has installed some eight members in the federal cabinet, which virtually looks like a caretaker government of PML-N.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PML-N has eyed up at least 25 sardars\/electables from Balochistan who are likely to join hands with it during Mr Sharif\u2019s visit,\u201d a senior party leader from Punjab told <em>Dawn<\/em> on Monday. He said the party was targeting the electables ahead of the February polls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Balochistan, the role of electables is very crucial in polls. Similarly, in south Punjab, this electable factor matters a lot. In coming days more and more electables will prefer the PML-N over the PPP or any other party,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n<p>PML-N Balochistan chapter president Sheikh Jaffar Khan Mandokhail said Mr Sharif would hold meetings with PkMAP Chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai, National Party President Dr Malik Baloch, former CM Jam Kamal and BAP leaders, including Nawabzada Khalid Magsi, Sardar Muhammad Saleh Bhootani and some of the party\u2019s senators, ex-MNAs and MPAs.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sharif will also attend a function in which various \u2018electables\u2019 will announce joining PML-N, including former MNAs and MPAs belonging to BAP.<\/p>\n<p>The PPP, on the other hand, is also all set to woo as many electables in Balochistan as it could.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Mr Kamal also recently met PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and supported his party\u2019s cause for pushing for polls.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Bhutto-Zardari said if any party had done anything practical to address problems of Balochistan, it was the PPP and it would kick-start the election campaign in the province with a rally in connection with 56th foundation day of the party on November 30 in Quetta in the run-up to February 8 polls.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Most difficult elections\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif\u2019s son Hamza Shehbaz said the Feb 8 polls were going to be the most difficult ones in the country\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>Talking to journalists in Lahore on Monday, the PML-N leader said all parties should work together to steer the country out of crises.<\/p>\n<p>In reply to a question about the role of the establishment and the PML-N\u2019s relations with it, he said it was a good sign if the establishment supported the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also a good thing if there are cordial relations with the establishment,\u201d Mr Hamza added.<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether Nawaz Sharif was new blue-eyed of the military establishment, Mr Hamza said: \u201cWhen I was in the opposition, the people would call Imran Khan a blue-eyed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saleem Shahid in Quetta also contributed to this report<\/p>\n<p><em>Published in Dawn, November 14th, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif is going to Balochistan on a two-day visit on Tuesday (today) as part of his party\u2019s policy to form strategic alliances in all provinces ahead of the Feb 8 general elections. As a delegation of senior MQM-P leaders visited the elder Sharif in Lahore last week on his invitation to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2023\/11\/14074207d3377d4.jpg?r=074213","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}