Staff Reporter Islamabad
The Pakistan Muslim League-N has made a backdoor contact with the Pakistan People’s Party on the instruction of the Pakistan Democratic Movement over the appointment of Chairman National Accountability Bureau and two members of the Election Commission of Pakistan, sources informed on Thursday.
The Pakistan Democratic Movement urged the PML-N to contact the PPP to suggest consensus candidates for the posts of NAB chairman and two ECP members.
The sources said the PPP would support the stance of the Pakistan Democratic Movement which is opposing the extension in the tenure of NAB Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal.
The PPP would also support the Pakistan Democratic Movement on the appointment of two members of the ECP. PML-N leader and PAC Chairman Rana Tanveer Hussain called on the PPP leaders Naveed Qamar and Shazia Mari in this regard.
The PPP would cooperate with the Pakistan Democratic Movement on the issue-to-issue basis inside the parliament. NAB chief Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal is retiring next month. The government is considering to extend Mr Iqbal’s tenure.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Democratic Movement chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Thursday contacted Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and voiced strong protest with him over the matter of electoral reforms committee.
According to sources, Maulana Fazlur Rehman expressed his reservations and made it clear to Shahid Khaqan Abbasi that JUI-F will neither become part of any electoral reforms committee nor will it sit with Imran led government at any platform.
