Zardari, Dar and Naqvi meet to dampen political fire between PML-N, PPP

President Asif Ali Zardari met Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Minister of the Interior Mohsin Naqvi and the National Assembly’s speeches Ayaz Sadiq to discuss the political situation as tensions continue to simmer between Pakistan Peoples Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.

PPP and PML-N’s Punjab leadership have been locked in a word war in recent days on issues ranging from flood compensation to wandering rights linked to the Cholistan Canals project.

PPP, which controls Sindh, has expressed strong dissatisfaction with remarks from Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, whose party leads the coalition at the federal level.

In the midst of escalating friction, both Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Zardari have launched the efforts to reassure tempting and restoring political harmony. The president, sources said, also urged Naqvi to help facilitate the dialogue between the two parties for a possible approximation.

A statement from the president’s secretariat late Wednesday night confirmed that President Zardari had held a meeting in Nawabshah with Dar, Naqvi and Sadiq.

“The leaders discussed issues relating to the overall security and political situation in the country, as well as the recent regional and international development,” the statement states.

It added that Dar, who recently represented Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly and held meetings with several foreign dignitaries, informed the president of his commitments and shared insight into “urgent global and regional issues.”

In a separate development in a separate development, the PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has called for a meeting of the party’s central executive committee. “Important decisions regarding national policy will be made at the meeting of PPP’s central executive committee,” said a post about X.