{"id":39052,"date":"2023-12-23T20:43:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T20:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pml-n-resisting-pressure-in-seat-adjustment-talks-with-ipp\/"},"modified":"2023-12-23T20:43:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T20:43:12","slug":"pml-n-resisting-pressure-in-seat-adjustment-talks-with-ipp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pml-n-resisting-pressure-in-seat-adjustment-talks-with-ipp\/","title":{"rendered":"PML-N \u2018resisting pressure\u2019 in seat-adjustment talks with IPP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>\u2022 Says no room for IPP candidates \u2018who joined after May 9 riots\u2019<br \/>\u2022 Asks Tareen\u2019s party to cut short its \u2018ambitious list\u2019 of aspirants<\/p>\n<p>LAHORE: As the deadline for nominating party candidates approaches, the PML-N leadership on Friday tried to resist pressure and conveyed to the Istehkam-i-Pakistan that it might not consider adjusting seats in favour of those IPP candidates who joined it after the May 9 violent protests, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The IPP, led by sugar tycoon Jahangir Khan Tareen, has been pushing the PML-N for a significant number of seats in Punjab, causing friction between the two parties.<\/p>\n<p>The PML-N also fears that most of its candidates, if sacrificed in the seat-adjustment deal with the IPP, might contest independently as they have their own vote bank in the respective constituencies.<\/p>\n<p>PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif chaired the 16th parliamentary board meeting on Friday but could not finalise the ticket distribution, reportedly because the party first had to sort out the IPP \u201cdilemma\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe talks between the PML-N and IPP are still underway,\u201d PML-N Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal told <em>Dawn<\/em> on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the sticking points, especially the PML-N\u2019s reluctance to oblige those joining the IPP after the May 9 incidents, Mr Iqbal said: \u201cWe have not finished our interviews yet and the Lahore division is pending.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, former National Assembly speaker, is leading the seat-adjustment talks with the IPP, Mr Iqbal 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\/1799791\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A source privy to the talks between the two parties said the PML-N told the IPP to cut short its \u201clong, ambitious list\u201d of candidates aspiring to contest in Punjab with PML-N\u2019s support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been no obligation on the PML-N for those IPP leaders who joined it after the May 9 events. However, we may consider those with whom the PML-N leadership promised to give tickets in return for their support to oust former premier Imran Khan (through a no-confidence motion last year),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the PML-N leadership also conveyed to the IPP that it had obliged 25 of its former lawmakers by giving tickets in the July 2022 by-polls. \u201cNot all of them can be obliged again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The PML-N has already hinted that it was holding seat-adjustment talks \u201con the pressure of the powers that be\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PML-N leadership is interested in doling out only a \u2018handful\u2019 of seats to the IPP. However, it cannot dictate the dynamics of the local politics in the drawing room,\u201d a senior PML-N leader from Punjab told <em>Dawn<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you ask me, there are slim chances of a seat-adjustment agreement between the PML-N and IPP,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the PML-N was not in a position to oblige IPP patron-in-chief Jahangir Tareen and president Aleem Khan for their seats in Lodhran and Lahore, where PML-N had strong winning candidates, the leader said.<\/p>\n<p>IPP\u2019s information secretary, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, recently claimed that the party had sought 40 National and 70 provincial assembly seats from the Sharif brothers.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Awan did not respond on Friday to <em>Dawn\u2019s<\/em> request for comment regarding the PML-N\u2019s reluctance to oblige the IPP\u2019s demand for a sizeable number of seats.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, the PML-Q of Chaudhry Shujaat Husain has sought 14 seats from the PML-N. \u201cThe PML-N has told the PML-Q that it is ready to give a maximum of three seats,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Published in Dawn, December 23rd, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 Says no room for IPP candidates \u2018who joined after May 9 riots\u2019\u2022 Asks Tareen\u2019s party to cut short its \u2018ambitious list\u2019 of aspirants LAHORE: As the deadline for nominating party candidates approaches, the PML-N leadership on Friday tried to resist pressure and conveyed to the Istehkam-i-Pakistan that it might not consider adjusting seats in 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