ISLAMABAD: Former President and Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at PM House on Tuesday.
According to sources, the two leaders discussed the current political situation in the meeting while considering options to thwart Imran Khan’s strategy of dissolution of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies.
Sources say that in the meeting between Shahbaz Sharif and Asif Zardari, various options related to the situation of provincial assemblies were also considered.
It should be noted that the Prime Minister has also called a meeting of the Federal Cabinet yesterday, in which the announcement of resignations from the PTI assemblies will be considered.
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Earlier on Monday, the PTI senior leader and former federal minister Fawad Chaudhary on Monday said that the final date will be given within three days regarding the dissolution of the provincial assemblies.
While talking to the media to speak on the matter of dissolution of the provincial assemblies, Fawad said that a meeting of the PTI leadership was held in this matter, in which it was decided to dissolve the provincial assemblies. He said that the Punjab and KP assemblies will be dissolved after Friday’s meeting.
He said that the PTI chief will hold a meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi in this regard, adding that the ticketing process is about to start.
The PTI stalwart added that the meeting also strongly condemned the arrest of Azam Swati.
Expressing his confidence in PTI supporters, Fawad said that the party leadership is confident that the public will play their part to return the mandate to PTI.
