Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) has decided to pursue the PPP-led coalition government for the implementation of the apex court verdict on controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) in letter and spirit. Sources in the PML-N told Business Recorder here on Friday that the party would also mobilise the public on the issue in order to exert pressure on the government for speedy implementation of the Supreme Court's verdict.
Also, Nawaz Sharif has convened the consultative and party's Central Organising Committee meetings in Islamabad on December 31 to discuss post-NRO scenario besides party's re-organisation and bye-polls matters. With Nawaz Sharif as Chairman, the Central Organising Committee of the PML-N is comprised of, among others, Raja Zafar-ul-Haq, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Ishaq Dar, Sartaj Aziz, Saranjam Khan, Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa, Syed Ghous Ali Shah, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Ms Tehmina Doultana, Syed Zafar Ali Shah, Ahsan Iqbal, M Hamza, Raja Muhammad Afzal, Chaudhry Jafer Iqbal, Ms Ishrat Ashraf, Pervaiz Rashid, Kh Saad Rafique and Saleem Zia.
According to sources, Nawaz had also taken notice of recent statements of activists of the PML-N and the PPP. Nawaz has expressed his displeasure over the situation and asked for showing responsible attitude in view of the challenges confronted to the country. The PML-N is very much clear on the subject of NRO and it would not let the plunderers go escort free, said the party sources.
The PML-N would go to every extend for the implementation of judgement of the apex court on NRO, as it is a must for securing future of coming generation, a senior PML-N leader Pervaiz Malik told this scribe. In a meeting with Federal Minister for Railways Haji Ghulam Ahmed Bilour at his Raiwind residence on Friday, the PML-N Quaid said.
"With the implementation of Supreme Court verdict, country's prestige would enhance in the comity of nations besides strengthening the democracy and discouraging corruption." Nawaz also expressed the hope that Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani would ensure implementation of historic Supreme Court verdict on NRO.
Nawaz has also convened meetings of the Provincial Organising Committees of the PML-N to take stock of country's present situation and evolve party's future strategy. In these meetings, strategy for party elections and its future activities would also be evolved, a party leader said.
'The PML-N has decided to concentrate on re-organisation of the party and organise it at grassroots level. In this regard, the party leadership has asked the legislators and activists of the PML-N to apprise the masses about stance of the PML-N in present scenario,' he added. "We are playing the role of responsible opposition in true sense instead of friendly opposition. The country had already suffered a lot due to politics of confrontation persuaded by political parties in the past, he added.
With Shehbaz Sharif as Chief Organiser, the Provincial Organising Committee of the PML-N Punjab is comprised of, among others, Chaudhry Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Sardar Muhammad Nasim Khan, Raja Muhammad Ali, Raja Ashfaq Sarwar, Siddiqul Farooq, Sheikh Aftab, Inam Ullah Khan Niazi, Malik Hanif Awan, Haji Nasir Mehmood, Malik Nadeem Kamran, Rana Mehmood-ul-Hassan, Chaudhry Birjees Tahir, Rana Tanvir Hussain, Hamza Shahbaz Sharif, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Pervez Malik, Mian Marghoob Ahmad, Bilal Yasin, Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman, Kamran Michael, Begum Najma Hameed, Begum Zakia Shahnawaz, Memoona Hashmi, Shaista Pervez Malik, Saira Afzal Tarrar and Zeb Jafer. The meeting of the Provincial Organising Committee of the PML-N Punjab will be held on January 2 at 90-Sharah-e-Quaid-e-Azam. Nawaz Sharif will chair this meeting.
With Khuda-e-Noor as Chief Organiser, the Provincial Organising Committee of the PML-N Balochistan is comprised of, among others, Sardar Yaqoob Khan Nasir, Amir Afzal Mandokhel, Mohammad Ayaz Khan Swati, Naseeb Ullah Bazai, Syed Mohammad Noor Agha, Sehr Gul Khilji, Allah Dad Barraich, Malik Rafique Awan, Sughra Begum, Zahoor Khan Durrani, Muhammad Rahim Kakar, Mir Usman Pirkani, Dr Irum, Farid Afghan, Sardar Bukhtiar Khan Barozai, Mir Behroze Baluch, Mir Ismail Masood Nosherwani, Khail George Bhutto, Emanuel Masih, Jamal Shah Kakar and Farooq Yousafzai.
The meeting of the Provincial Organising Committee of the PML-N Balochistan will be held on January 5 at Quetta under the chairmanship of Nawaz Sharif. This will be the first visit of the PML-N Quaid to Balochistan in 10 years.
With Saleem Zia as Chief Organiser, the Provincial Organising Committee of the PML-N Sindh is consisted of, among others, Syed Mamnoon Hussain, Mushahid Ullah Khan, Engr Shah Mir Khan, Malik Naeem Awan, Ali Akbar Gujjar, Khawaja Tariq Nazir, Munawwar Raza, Zahid Rafique Butt, Syed Hafeezuddin, Bilal Ejaz Shafi, Aman Afridi, Ehsan Pasha, Muhammad Amin Mana, Abdul Hameed Khan, Ghulam Sarwar Tunio, Sultan Khan, Javed Arsala Khan, Sahibzada Shabbir Ansari, Hanif Siddiqi, Muhammad Afzal Gujjar, Ibrahim Kamboh, Mohammad Ismail Rahu, Ali Ahmad Chandio, Zulfiqar Gogo, Hafiz Sadiq Samejo, Chaudhry Mohammad Tariq Arain, Krishan Bheel, Babu Sarfraz Jatoi, Pir Asad Ullah Jan Sarhandi, Sardar Qadir Nawaz Jhakrani, Makhdoom Shahnawaz, Sardar Rahim, Ms Sorath Thaibo, Ms Parveen Bashir, Ms Asifa Riaz and Ms Perveen Qureshi. The meeting of the Provincial Organising Committee of the PML-N Sindh will be held on January 4 at Karachi under the chairmanship of Nawaz Sharif.
With Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan as Chief Organiser, the Provincial Organising Committee of the PML-N NWFP is comprised of, among others, Haji Muhammad Arshad Qureshi,S Sikandar Zia, Haji Abdul Razik Khan, Rashid Mehmood Khan, Haji Noor Mohammad Khan, Ikhtiar Wali Khan, Mian Humayun Shah Kakakhel, Abdul Subhan Khan, Sher Afghan Khan, Inayat Bacha Advocate, Iftikhar Ahmad Khan, Haji Dildar Khan, Haji Essal Khan, Kavi Khan, Malik Jehanzeb Khan, Dr Fateh Mand Khan, Ali Afzal Khan Jadoon, Sardar Aurengzeb Nalota, Inayat Khan Jadoon, Aslam Khan Bagha, Sardar Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, Safdar Malik, Dr Jehanzeb Khan, Abdul Sattar Khan, Malik Asad Khan Ms Shazia Aurengzeb, Ms Mehr-un-Nisa, Ms Shaheen Habib Ullah and Ms Maryam Nawaz Gandapur.
The meeting of the Provincial Organising Committee of the PML-N NWFP will be held on January 7 at Peshawar under the chairmanship of Nawaz Sharif. According to the PML-N sources, the main agenda of all these meetings would be party re-organisation, consultation and membership drive.