Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Punjab President Shahbaz Sharif phoned former prime minister of Pakistan Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Saturday and invited him to join the party.
According to sources, Jamali congratulated the former Punjab chief minister on the success of his party in the recently concluded general elections and said that the masses have given their mandate to the PML-N. He expressed the hope that PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif would take effective steps to steer the country out of the prevailing crisis and make important decisions to control inflation and end the shortage of electricity and gas.
As a result of the conversation, Shahbaz invited the former premier for a meeting in Lahore and to join PML-N. Jamali said that he would reply after consultations.
PML-N leader Saad Rafiq also phoned the former premier in this regard.
Meanwhile, Jamali also called on Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) President Pir Sibghatullah Shah Rashidi (Pir Pagara) in Karachi and discussed different matters of mutual interest with him, including political situation of the country and PML-N’s invitation to the PML-F to join the federal government.
Former federal minister and newly elected MNA from PML-F Ghous Bux Mehr was also present on the occasion.