Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Aitzaz Ahsan said on Monday that his party has not entered into a political alliance with Qadri's Pakistan Awami Tehreek and only attended the moot to express solidarity with the 2014 Model Town incident victims. It may be noted that the All Parties Conference (APC) organised by Dr Qadri has given a fresh hope to the formation of a grand opposition alliance which is likely to bring down the political powerbase of PML-N in the province of Punjab.

Commenting on the visit of Sharif brothers to Saudi Arabia, Aitzaz further claimed that Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif are undergoing a "conflict", explaining that Nawaz is fearful of the latter meeting with senior Saudi officials. "Nawaz did not go to Saudi Arabia on the Kingdom's invitation," he said and added Shehbaz must have called him to inform that he was meeting senior Saudi officials. So Nawaz panicked and travelled to Saudi Arabia.

He said Shehbaz Sharif was lobbying for himself as next prime minister of Pakistan but the vote bank is with Nawaz Sharif and Mariam Nawaz. "Shehbaz Sharif is struggling to win sympathies of Saudi leadership," he added.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2018