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LAHORE: The disgruntled PMLN leader and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi called on party’s Senior Vice-President and Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz in Lahore the other day in what has been seemed as an ice-breaking meeting between the two stalwarts.

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According to multiple media reports and sources, matters pertaining to the organizational structure of the party and overall political situation came under discussion during the meeting which was held at the party’s central secretariat in Model Town.

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The meeting came after rumours started making rounds on social as well as national mainstream media that Abbasi was quitting the PML-N and setting up a new party since he resigned from the party’s key post soon after Maryam’s election as the senior vice-president and chief organiser.

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In an interview to a private news channel last week, Abbasi made it clear that his leader is Nawaz Sharif and if Maryam Nawaz elevated to the PML-N’s top office, he will consider remaining in the party’s fold or not.

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Talking to newsmen after his meeting with Maryam Nawaz, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said as per the decision of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) would not participate in the upcoming by-polls.