Awn Chaudhry breaks silence on meeting Nawaz Sharif

LAHORE: Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) Additional Secretary General Aun Chaudhry opened up on his meeting with the PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on his return to Pakistan, ARY News reported.

As per details, responding to the party’s show cause notice the IPP additional secretary said that he met former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in a personal capacity.

Awn Chaudhry said that he was part of the Shehbaz government and had personal relations with the PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and the former prime minister.

Yesterday, Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) Additional Secretary General Aun Chaudhry landed in trouble for meeting PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif at the airport.

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According to the party’s spokesperson, the IPP issued a show cause notice to its Additional Secretary General Aun Chaudhry in response to meeting Nawaz Sharif.

The spokesperson said that an explanation has been sought from the party’s senior leader. IPP also dissociated itself from Aun Chaudhary’s meeting with former prime minister.

It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo and three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in Pakistan after four years of self-imposed exile in London.

PML-N supremo reached Lahore’s historic Minar-e-Pakistan monument, the venue for a grand rally of the PML-N to welcome the former premier, in a helicopter after landing in Lahore from Islamabad.

PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif and former finance minister Ishaq Dar were accompanying the former premier on the trip.