LONDON – Serious differences have emerged in the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) over the establishment of a separate chapter of AJK PML-N in the UK. A lobby in the party headed by President UK Zubair Gul is try their best to convince the party top leadership to reject the proposal of AJK PML-N leaders for their own branch in Britain, a party source informed Pakistan Today. A PML source said that Zubair Gul wanted a complete hegemony over the party affairs and was not willing to share responsibilities with anybody else. In this regards, he said that dedicated party workers have been sidelined and Mr Gul’s handpicked people are nominated party office bearers across the country.
Kashmiri party workers based in UK who have joined PML-N along with Sardar Sikadar Hayat have already lodged a complaint about the attitude of Zubair Gul to their leadership. They said that they have been completely ignored in the affairs of party by the current president. A prominent leader of PML from AJK when contacted confirmed that they have requested the party high command to set up a branch of the AJK PML-N exclusively for the overseas Kashmiris. “We have made it clear to our leadership that more a million Kashmiri people are living in the UK and they want their own chapter of AJK PML-N so that their representatives can deal with the issues and politics of Azad Kashmir,” he added.
Nasir Jamil, spokesperson of PML-N UK, denied any differences in the ranks of party. He claimed that party in the Britain is united under the leadership of Zubair Gul. He further said that all party decisions are taken with the consultation of party workers.
