PM Shehbaz likely to attend PML-N sitting to mull strategy amid wheat crisis
Pakistan
Reorganisation of the party will also be discussed in the meeting
LAHORE (Dunya News) - The central leaders of the Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will sit together today at party’s Model Town Secretariat to mull strategy amid wheat purchase crisis in Punjab.
According to sources, party leader Nawaz Sharif and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will attend the meeting. Nawaz Sharif has asked Shehbaz Sharif to attend today’s meeting.
The meeting of the central leaders of PML-N will be held at 2pm at the party secretariat. Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz is expected to attend the meeting while senior leaders including Rana Sanaullah and Khawaja Asif will be in attendance.
Provincial ministers and other relevant officials have been directed to make sure their presence at the Model Town Secretariat. Party leaders will be briefed on the issue of wheat procurement in the consultative meeting.
Sources said reorganisation of the party would also be discussed and preparations for the PML-N general council meeting on May 11 would also come under discussion in the consultative meeting.
Friday's meeting on wheat issue
It should be noted that a day earlier, Nawaz Sharif and Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz had presided over a meeting regarding wheat procurement. Also Read: Nawaz Sharif decides to hold accountable those who created wheat crisis
Nawaz Sharif decided to hold accountable those who created wheat crisis in the country. The meeting, held in Lahore under the chairmanship of Nawaz Sharif, was attended by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, Rana Sanaullah, Khawaja Asif and other leaders.
During the meeting, Punjab Food Minister Bilal Yasin gave a briefing on the issue of wheat procurement and stated that the responsibility of the wheat crisis lies with those who imported wheat from abroad.
