PML-N to split if Nawaz sticks to his narrative: Qureshi

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Sunday if former prime minister Nawaz Sharif remained stuck to his political narrative, it can split PML-N into two factions.

The PTI leader, while speaking to Geo News, said that no one has pushed the ruling party or Nawaz to the sidelines. "He must pay attention to what he has said and done," said Mehmood. "If he continues to follow his narrative, his party will split into two factions."

He said that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is losing its position in the Punjab with great speed and they would not be able to form a government in the province. On Saturday, Nawaz Sharif had challenged PTI Chief Imran Khan to explain who ordered him to vote for Asif Ali Zardari’s candidate in recent Senate elections and what his motivations were behind voting for PPP’s electoral symbol – arrow.

Speaking to media after holding talks with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and former finance minister Ishaq Dar, Nawaz had referred to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Sirajul Haq’s statement in which he said that Pervaiz Khattak had told him that the PTI was “ordered from the top” to vote for Sadiq Sanjrani and PPP’s Saleem Mandviwala for the Senate chairman and deputy chairman’s posts.

The former premier had said that by voting for the PPP, Imran Khan proved that he and other political parties had always been looking for “orders from the top”, while the PML-N was the only party that takes dictation from the people of Pakistan.