Nawaz softens, meets Mian Amer
August 17, 2008
LAHORE
DISTRICT Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood called on PML-N Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif at Raiwind, The News learnt here on Sunday.
It is learnt that Mian Amer Mahmood, through the arbitration of some mutual friends, has finally succeeded in meeting PML-N Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif.
The insiders said Mian Amer had been making efforts to reconcile with Sharif family since February 18 elections, adding that he had a meeting with Sharif brothers a few months back in which he was given a cold shoulder.
They said that despite meditation of mutual friends, Nawaz Sharif had strong reservations about Mian Amer and he was not willing to mend ways with the latter.
Moreover, there was a strong faction within the Panistan Muslim League-Nawaz which was opposing Mian Amer’ entry into the party, they added.
The sources said Mian Amer, considered to be one of the blue-eyed men of President Pervez Musharraf and a two-time district nazim of Lahore, was cornered by the Panistan Muslim League-Nawaz leadership after a regime change in the province, adding that the provincial government had initiated audit of his expenditures.
It is learnt that Mian Amer Mahmood, during his meeting with Nawaz Sharif, gave the PML-N chief assurance that he had no hard feelings against the party leadership and its government in the province.
The sources stated that Mian Amer had tried to remove grievances of Nawaz Sharif against him and expressed his willingness to resign from his portfolio on the his directions if Nawaz promised to have a soft corner for him.
However, when contacted, Pervaiz Rasheed, the Panistan Muslim League-Nawaz spokesman and advisor to CM, denied any such meeting.
Nevertheless, the close aides of Main Amer Mahmood, confirming Mian Amer’s meeting with Nawaz Sharif, said the meeting was held on the request of Mian Amer Mahmood because he wanted to improve working relationship with Sharifs as he was facing difficulty in receiving funds for the district government from the provincial government.
DISTRICT Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood called on PML-N Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif at Raiwind, The News learnt here on Sunday.
It is learnt that Mian Amer Mahmood, through the arbitration of some mutual friends, has finally succeeded in meeting PML-N Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif.
The insiders said Mian Amer had been making efforts to reconcile with Sharif family since February 18 elections, adding that he had a meeting with Sharif brothers a few months back in which he was given a cold shoulder.
They said that despite meditation of mutual friends, Nawaz Sharif had strong reservations about Mian Amer and he was not willing to mend ways with the latter.
Moreover, there was a strong faction within the Panistan Muslim League-Nawaz which was opposing Mian Amer’ entry into the party, they added.
The sources said Mian Amer, considered to be one of the blue-eyed men of President Pervez Musharraf and a two-time district nazim of Lahore, was cornered by the Panistan Muslim League-Nawaz leadership after a regime change in the province, adding that the provincial government had initiated audit of his expenditures.
It is learnt that Mian Amer Mahmood, during his meeting with Nawaz Sharif, gave the PML-N chief assurance that he had no hard feelings against the party leadership and its government in the province.
The sources stated that Mian Amer had tried to remove grievances of Nawaz Sharif against him and expressed his willingness to resign from his portfolio on the his directions if Nawaz promised to have a soft corner for him.
However, when contacted, Pervaiz Rasheed, the Panistan Muslim League-Nawaz spokesman and advisor to CM, denied any such meeting.
Nevertheless, the close aides of Main Amer Mahmood, confirming Mian Amer’s meeting with Nawaz Sharif, said the meeting was held on the request of Mian Amer Mahmood because he wanted to improve working relationship with Sharifs as he was facing difficulty in receiving funds for the district government from the provincial government.
