Lahore (Staff Report/Agencies): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday met Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz at jati Umran in Raiwind.
Chairman PPP @BBhuttoZardari meeting PMLN leader @MaryamNSharif in Jati Umrah Lahore pic.twitter.com/2rhxXUweOW
— PML(N) (@pmln_org) June 16, 2019
According to PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb, the party vice president extended the invitation during a telephonic conversation. She said that a few important leaders from both sides will also attend the meeting.
چیئرمین پاکستان پیپلزپارٹی بلاول بھٹو زرداری جاتی امراء پہنچ گئے
— PML(N) (@pmln_org) June 16, 2019
مریم نواز شریف، محمد زبیر، مریم اورنگزیب اور کیپٹن صفدر، ایاز صادق، پرویزرشید اور رانا ثنااللہ نے پی پی وفد کا استقبال کیا pic.twitter.com/9wOmpUytRi
“I will go to Jati Umra on Sunday for a lunch on invitation of Maryam Nawaz. We are meeting as a single party cannot steer the country out of crises,” PPP chairman had said on Saturday.
Meanwhile, PML-N vice president aid the meeting with Bilawal was taking place with the approval of Nawaz and Shehbaz Sharif.
I hope you’re feeling better, dear friend. This & all other decisions in the party are taken after the approval of MNS & MSS & taking the senior leaders into confidence. Discipline & part hierarchy are followed by all including me. Warm regards. https://t.co/FBBfLp9Hys
— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) June 15, 2019
This is the second meeting of the leadership of the two main opposition parties in less than a month.
In May, Maryam had been invited to an iftar hosted by Bilawal for opposition parties. The leaders of the opposition parties held a joint press conference after the iftar dinner.
