PML-N | Pakistan

Despite a recent political truce between the two ruling coalition partners, tensions have resurfaced as the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) expressed strong reservations over an alleged anti-PPP social media campaign by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).

ISLAMABAD - Though the war of words between two main coalition partners - PML-N and PPP has ended for now with the interventions of bigwigs, this is unlikely to be the full stop in their ongoing political skirmishes.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday released the latest party standings in the National Assembly, placing Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in the lead with 122 seats.

The PPP on Thursday said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari had a phone call in which they discussed the “country’s prevailing political situation” amid the row between their two parties. The coalition allies have been trading barbs over how the PPP and PML-N have been providing aid to victims of the recent floods. The bad blood escalated to the point that leaders from both sides hold daily press conferences to take potshots at each other. In a post on X, the PPP confirmed the telephone call had taken place and that the country’s political situation, foreign policy and flood aid were among the topics of discussion. The war of words between the two sides expanded to water rights on the Indus River as Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif told the PPP leadership to keep its advice to itself. Last week, she said at a public address that she would not apologise for her remarks and censured the PPP for hurling “wrongful criticism” at the Punjab government over its hand...

What started as a difference in opinion over how to aid flood-affected people has now spiralled into a full-blown feud between the PML-N and the PPP, the two main partners in the ruling coalition. The spat, termed a ghar ka mamla by Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar on Sept 30, has devolved into a public spectacle threatening the alliance between the two parties. The bad blood has escalated to the point that leaders from both sides hold daily press conferences to take potshots at the other side. And now, President Asif Ali Zardari appears to be making overtures to smooth over the situation. But how did the whole thing begin? Here’s what we know. How to help flood victims? It appears that differences developed between the PML-N and the PPP last month as the two bickered on how to help flood victims. Several PPP leaders, including Sherry Rehman, called for the utilisation of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) to aid flood victims in Punjab, while the provincial government insisted it would use its own res...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has summoned a high-level meeting of senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders to discuss the ongoing political row between Sindh and Punjab, sources confirmed on Wednesday.

The continuing row between the PPP and PML-N escalated on Tuesday as PPP’s Vice President Senator Sherry Rehman warned the coalition ally of difficulties in the Senate without the former’s “clear support”. The PPP and the PML-N’s Punjab leadership have been engaged in a war of words for the past many days over issues ranging from flood compensation to water rights in the context of the Cholistan canals project. The PPP, which is in power in Sindh, has been particularly incensed by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s remarks, whose party is also leading the federal government. Talking about the matter in an interview on DawnNewsTV show ‘Doosra Rukh’, the PPP senior vice president said: “If you want to tear apart the whole coalition then I’ve already said in the National Assembly that don’t take our inclusion on the treasury benches for granted and don’t think that we will keep you stable no matter what you do.” “If you don’t need [us] then that’s your choice, but let me remind you we are the biggest party in ...

Behind-the-scenes efforts have intensified to ease growing political tensions between the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), sources said on Tuesday.

The political rift between the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) widened on Monday as PPP lawmakers staged a walkout from the National Assembly, following an earlier protest in the Senate.

A new political confrontation has erupted between the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) after Sindh’s Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon criticized Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s government, drawing a sharp response from Punjab Information Minister Azma Bukhari.

PPP leader Qamar Zaman Kaira on Wednesday defended the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) as a “tried and tested” method for providing flood relief, while criticising what he called the “harsh tone” adopted in recent exchanges between his party and its coalition partner, the PML-N. “In the past few days, such questions have been raised that now a dialogue has begun, which, in our understanding, is not appropriate. It is neither beneficial for politics, nor for democracy,” he said at a press conference in Lahore. “And this is our [PPP’s] view, not a suggestion to anyone,” he added. The PPP and PML-N continued to engage in a war of words over flood relief, as PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari asserted that the BISP was the “sole method” of providing relief to those affected by the recent floods in the country, while PML-N’s Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz accused his party of “politicising” the issue. Furthermore, the tensions between the ruling coalition partners on Tuesday flared in parliament as th...

The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have agreed to address all outstanding issues through dialogue and mutual understanding, sources revealed on Wednesday.

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Qamar Zaman Kaira has criticized recent aggressive remarks by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders, terming such language inappropriate and undemocratic.

Punjab Information Minister Azma Bukhari on Thursday said that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has never played the “provincial card, canal card, or dam card,” stressing that the party has always prioritized national development over regional politics.

Prime Minister’s Coordinator for Information and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Affairs, Ikhtiar Wali Khan, has emphasized the pivotal role played by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leadership and workers in spearheading flood relief and rehabilitation operations in the flood-affected districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

LAHORE - Ruling coalition candidate and senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Rana Sanaullah Khan was elected Senator from the Punjab province on Tuesday in a by-election boycotted by the Opposition.

ISLAMABAD: PML-N’s Hanif Abbasi , Tariq Fazal Chaudhry and PPP’s Raja Pervaiz Ashraf attend joint news conference on Saturday.

By-polls: PML-N, PPP to support each other

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has finalized its candidates for two crucial by-elections.

LAHORE - The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has granted a Senate ticket to the senior party leader Rana Sanaullah Khan for a general seat from the Punjab Assembly.