ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Azad Kashmir leaders on Thursday expressed full confidence in the leadership of Shah Ghulam Qadir, reiterating that PML-N will win the upcoming elections based on its performance.
This was expressed during a crucial meeting of PML-N AJK held today in Islamabad, under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs Amir Muqam and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah.
The meeting was called after the internal rifts were raised within the PML-N AJK party following the press conference of the Opposition Leader in the AJK Assembly, Shah Ghulam Qadir, and former Prime Minister of AJK Farooq Haider, in Muzaffarabad on Wednesday.
Former Prime Minister of AJK Raja Farooq Haider, Opposition Leader Shah Ghulam Qadir, Senior Vice President Mushtaq Minhas, Secretary General Chaudhry Tariq Farooq, Vice President PML-N AJK Dr. Najeeb Naqi, Secretary Information Iftikhar Gilani, and Coordinator of the Minister for Kashmir Affairs Sardar Tariq attended the meeting.
The meeting expressed concern over the statements made on social media yesterday and decided that in the future, no kind of divisive rhetoric will be made the media’s pretext, and all issues will be raised on the party platform.
As per details, a report will be presented to the PML-N President, Mian Nawaz Sharif, after the meeting. Nawaz Sharif had taken notice of the party situation in Azad Kashmir and sought a report from the federal minister Amir Muqam.
At the end of the meeting, Fateha was also offered the freedom of occupied Kashmir and the repose of the souls of the martyrs.
As per details, the statement from the PML-N meeting was issued by Senior Vice President Raja Mushtaq Minhas instead of Secretary Information Barrister Iftikhar Gilani, which shows that the differences could not be resolved in the meeting, and the reservations of the PML-N leaders regarding Shah Ghulam Qadir remain.
Opposition leaders’ press conference
Yesterday, senior PML-N leaders from Azad Kashmir, Chaudhry Tariq Farooq and Barrister Iftikhar Gilani, announced their disassociation from the opposition’s press conference, which included Farooq Haider, Shah Ghulam Qadir, former premier Anwarul Haq, Mir Akbar, and PTI’s Khawaja Farooq Ahmed.
The press conference was held against the current government of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), where the opposition members strongly criticized the government and made it clear that the PPP government has lost its majority in the House.
Leader of the Opposition Shah Ghulam Qadir claimed that the PPP does not have a clear majority; if their behavior is not corrected, a no-confidence motion can be brought. Qadir further said that the elections are near, which is why we are just watching for now.
Former Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan said that we thought that this government was a temporary arrangement for the elections, but the prediction of the fifth Prime Minister before the upcoming general elections is proving true.
He opposed bringing new projects without the approval of the assembly and said that Pakistan cannot leave the region without any caretaker, as this is its constitutional responsibility.
It should be noted that the General Secretary of the PML-N Azad Kashmir, Chaudhry Tariq Farooq, and the Central Secretary for Information, Barrister Iftikhar Ali Gilani, have expressed their disinterest in the press conference of the party president and parliamentary leader.
Party officials said that for the last four years, the parliamentary party has adopted an attitude against the emotions, feelings, and ideology of the workers, due to which the PML-N workers completely disagree with the decisions and behavior of the parliamentary party.
