{"id":9289,"date":"2023-09-30T05:09:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T05:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/shehbazs-london-trip-preserves-party-establishment-ties\/"},"modified":"2023-09-30T05:09:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T05:09:06","slug":"shehbazs-london-trip-preserves-party-establishment-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/shehbazs-london-trip-preserves-party-establishment-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Shehbaz\u2019s London trip \u2018preserves party-establishment\u2019 ties"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LAHORE: PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif returned from London on Thursday, reportedly after managing to persuade his elder brother Nawaz Sharif \u201cnot to disturb the ideal equation of the party with the establishment\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mr Shehbaz had to skedaddle back to London<\/a> within 48 hours of his arrival in the country following Mr Nawaz\u2019s hard-hitting speech on Sept 18, in which he demanded accountability for former generals and judges allegedly involved in toppling his government in 2017.<\/p>\n

Mr Nawaz\u2019s demand for strict accountability<\/a> put many party leaders, especially Mr Shehbaz, in a precarious position, as they became wary of potential backlash from the powers that be if elder Sharif continued with such statements.<\/p>\n

Several party leaders, including Rana Sanaullah, Javed Latif, Khurram Dastgir, Irfan Siddiqui and Muhammad Zubair, recently indicated that it had been decided that the party would no longer demand accountability<\/a> of former army chief retired Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and former ISI head retired Lt Gen Faiz Hamid. Instead, the party would shift its focus to economic and other challenges facing Pakistan today.<\/p>\n

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Nawaz\u2019s accountability demands worry PML-N leaders<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cUpon his return on Thursday, Shehbaz approved a party proposal to hold public meetings in the constituencies of Nawaz, himself, and his son Hamza in Lahore before the elder Sharif\u2019s arrival,\u201d a party leader told Dawn<\/em>.<\/p>\n

He further explained that these rallies would commence from Oct 1, and the party\u2019s chief organiser, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, had been assigned to lead them primarily to build momentum leading to Mr Nawaz\u2019s arrival.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Maryam Nawaz concentrates her efforts on mobilising party workers and overseeing arrangements for Nawaz\u2019s reception at Minar-i-Pakistan on Oct 21, Shehbaz Sharif will focus on the legal matters his elder brother is facing,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The PML-N\u2019s supreme leader had left for London<\/a> in Nov 2019 on medical grounds after the Lahore High Court granted him a four-week bail. He had been serving a seven-year jail term at Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore in the Al-Azizia Mills corruption case before securing bail on medical grounds.<\/p>\n

The PML-N has stated that he will apply for protective bail before returning to the country. However, the party has yet to confirm whether he will surrender in the Al-Azizia Mills case conviction or seek relief in it as well, as Mr Nawaz had been declared an absconder.<\/p>\n

Published in Dawn, September 29th, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif returned from London on Thursday, reportedly after managing to persuade his elder brother Nawaz Sharif \u201cnot to disturb the ideal equation of the party with the establishment\u201d. 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