ISLAMABAD: PTI’s dissident leader Aleem Khan has held a lengthy meeting with former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in London and discussed the latest prevailing political situation in the country.
Aleem Khan met the former prime minister exactly after six hours of arriving in London on Wednesday, Geo TV reported today.
Former finance minister Ishaq Dar and Nawaz’s sons Hasan and Hussain were also present in the meeting which lasted for three hours. Sources in Sharif family and Aleem Khan’s camp also confirmed the news of the meeting.
Some common friends of the PTI and PML(N) leaders arranged this crucial meeting. The PTI leader left for London on Wednesday to meet Jahangir Khan Tareen and Nawaz Sharif. Before leaving for London he had also met PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif in Lahore.
During the meeting, the leaders discussed the political situation in Pakistan. Aleem Khan informed the former prime minister that he had been victimised by his own party during the last three years.
Jahangir Khan Tareen, who is currently staying in Oxford at his farmhouse, was not part of the meeting and sources close to him have confirmed that he’s taking a rest.
According to sources, Khan is likely to join PML-N soon. Tareen group divided over Aleem Khan’s nomination as CM
Earlier, separate sources told Geo News that some members of the Jahangir Tareen group have opposed Aleem Khan’s nomination.
Sources had said that some members of the splinter group have conveyed their reservations to Tareen, adding that the members reminded the estranged PTI leader of the times they stood with him.
On Monday, Former senior Punjab minister Aleem Khan had joined Jahangir Khan Tareen’s PTI faction with the aim to “save” the party after “loyalists were sidelined” following Prime Minister Imran Khan’s rise to power.
