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LAHORE
Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani met Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday in the courtroom and discussed the upcoming Senate elections and the recently held NA-75 by-election in Daska. Gilani called upon the PML-N leader during his appearance in the Lahore accountability court. Hamza Shahbaz, former NA speaker Ayaz Sadiq, PML-N Spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb, Ameer Muqam, and former Punjab governor Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood were also present in the court.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had arrested the PML-N leader last year in a money laundering and assets beyond means case. He has been on judicial remand.
Gilani, the joint candidate of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) for the Senate chairmanship slot, conveyed messages of former president Asif Ali Zardari and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to Shehbaz and apprised him of the Senate election strategy.
“The Parliament is the supreme body where we speak for the people. We respected the Parliament and worked for its supremacy,” the former premier said while talking to the media after meeting Shehbaz Sharif.
He said that there are always ups and downs in politics, however, the past should be forgotten and a way forward should be paved.
“When I was the prime minister, I never allowed a clash with the opposition,” he said. “We also signed the Charter of Democracy and we are together again.” He further maintained that the success of PDM would be the success of democracy.
Earlier, the PML-N had announced to support Pakistan Peoples Party candidate Yousaf Raza Gilani in the Senate elections after a meeting between PML-N Senior Vice-President Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Yousaf Raza Gillani to field a joint candidate of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM).
Two former premiers including Raja Pervez Ashraf and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi acted as proposer and seconder in Gilani’s nomination papers for the Senate election.
JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, who is also leading the PDM, in a meeting with Gillani endorsed his support to the nomination of the former prime minister as joint candidate of the opposition for Islamabad’s senate seat.
