President Zardari summons Mohsin Naqvi to Karachi over Sindh–Punjab tensions

KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari has summoned Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi to Karachi to discuss the ongoing tensions between Sindh and Punjab, ARY News reported on Monday.

Political temperature is high due to firey statements from both sides, especially after the devastation of floods.

As per details, Asif Ali Zardari held a telephonic conversation with Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi to discuss the growing tensions between the Sindh and Punjab governments.

According to official sources, President Zardari has summoned Minister Naqvi to Karachi immediately for consultations regarding the matter.

Earlier in the day, President PML-N Nawaz Sharif backed Maryam Nawaz in the ongoing row between the People’s Party and the Punjab government, sources said.

According to sources, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in a meeting with the former prime minister, talked about the dispute and said that if Maryam Nawaz avoids harsh statements, the People’s Party will also observe ceasefire.

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Nawaz Sharif, however, backed his daughter Maryam Nawaz and said that the “Punjab chief minister’s statements are a reaction to the People’s Party’s undue criticism. Maryam Nawaz has truly represented the people of Punjab,” Nawaz Sharif told the prime minister.

“A scathing press conference by Sindh’s Information Minister Sharjeel Memon on Sunday and criticism of CM Punjab was after Nawaz Sharif’s support to Maryam”, sources shared.

The row between two political allies has further heats up after it, sources added.

Earlier, Punjab Information Minister Azma Bukhari made it clear that CM Maryam Nawaz won’t apologize to anyone for her statement.