ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs, Engineer Amir Muqam, and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs, Rana Sanaullah, called an informal meeting of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Azad Kashmir political committee in Islamabad.
According to the sources, the meeting is currently underway to discuss the ongoing internal rift between the PML-N AJK leaders after the press conference of the Opposition Leader in the AJK Assembly, Shah Ghulam Qadir, and former Prime Minister of AJK Farooq Haider.
The meeting is being chaired by Federal Minister Amir Muqam and Rana Sanaullah.
As per sources, PML-N President Shah Ghulam Qadir has not yet arrived, while other members, including Raja Farooq Haider, are present in the meeting.
Mushtaq Minhas, Najeeb Naqi, Secretary General of the party, Tariq Farooq, Barrister Iftikhar Gilani, and Sardar Tariq have also reached the house of the federal minister Amir Muqam, where the meeting is being held.
As per details, a report will be presented to the PML-N President, Mian Nawaz Sharif, after the meeting. Nawaz Sharif has taken notice of the party situation in Azad Kashmir and has sought a report from the federal minister Amir Muqam.
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.
