Nawaz cuts short London visit

ISLAMABAD Political crisis in the AJK Legislative Assembly has prompted the PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif to cut short his foreign visit and rush to Pakistan to guide the party. Credible sources in the party informed TheNation that PML-N Chief would land in Islamabad today (Monday) to chair a consultative meeting in order to evolve appropriate course for the party. The sitting AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider who is facing a no-confidence tabled against him by the Muslim Conference-led opposition. Muslim Conference Chief Sardar Attiq, who is leader of the opposition in AJK Legislative Assembly, challenged Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider to face the no-confidence motion. It was learnt that Raja Farooq Haider who was elected MLA on MC ticket, has been running the government with thin majority, and is believed to have contacted the PML-N leadership for help to survive the punitive no-confidence move. Raja Farooq Haider who had toppled the government of the Prime Minister Sardar Yaqoob of the MC through a no-confidence motion hardly six months back, has threatened to form a PML-N forward block in case he loses his seat. However, a PML-N source neither denied nor rejected the information saying PML-N Chief would discuss the situation relating to AJK political crisis after his return today.

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