Shah Mahmood Qureshi likely to receive an elusive offer from PML-N

Shah Mahmood Qureshi likely to receive an elusive offer from PML-N

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif has set his focus towards acquiring the services of former foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, as it is a great opportunity to gain significant ground in south Punjab
and upper Sindh.

The two political personals are scheduled to meet this week and it is assumed that Qureshi will receive an elusive offer from PML-N president. If the deal matures, the former foreign minister may find a key role to play in PML-N
election campaign.

PML-N are at the end of their tether to find an opening in the remote South Punjab and upper Sindh and they believed that Qureshi was their best bet. Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has strong hold in these areas which the Nawaz group
are trying to break.

 As per an insider of Nawaz group, “Mian Sahib and the people he trusts have realised that an opportunity has come their way in the person of Qureshi … it looks like they will go to any lengths to grab it. It is not clear what
position Sharif would offer Qureshi. The PML-N is due to choose new office bearers for its Punjab chapter in a couple of weeks.”

A week ago Qureshi quit both the PPP and his National Assembly seat, citing differentiation he had with President Asif Zardari earlier this year.

Qureshi is being persuaded by both the PML-N and Imran Khan’s Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI). But while Sharif is to meet directly with Qureshi on November 22, Khan is not scheduled to meet him before the former minister announces his political
future at a public rally in Ghotki, Sindh, on November 27.

The meeting between Sharif and Qureshi is likely to take place in Multan on Tuesday. Hassan Nawaz, had conveyed to family members of Qureshi his father’s desire to meet Sharif at the family residence in Multan.

Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, backs Qureshi’s entry to the party. He said that Hashmi had opposed Qureshi’s decision of relinquishing the PPP, but believed he would be an important leader for the PML-N.

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