Zardari, Dar discuss politics amid PPP-PML-N rift

ISLAMABAD: Amid rising friction between the ruling coalition partners, PPP and PML-N, President Asif Ali Zardari met with Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Wednesday night to deliberate on the prevailing political climate

The leaders discussed matters pertaining to the overall security and political situation in the country, as well as recent regional and international developments, President Secretariat Press Wing said in a press release.

DPM/FM Senator Ishaq Dar, who recently attended the United Nations General Assembly session and held several interactions with foreign dignitaries, briefed the president on his engagements and shared insights on pressing global and regional issues.

The PPP and the PML-N’s Punjab leadership have been engaged in a war of words for the past many days over issues ranging from flood compensation to water rights in the context of the Cholistan canals project.

The PPP, which is in power in Sindh, has been particularly incensed by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s remarks, whose party is also leading the federal government.

Earlier, a post on X by the PPP announced party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s move to call a meeting of the party’s top brass.

“Important decisions regarding national politics will be made in the meeting of the PPP’s central executive committee,“it said.