Nawaz meets Shehbaz at Parliament House

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday arrived at Parliament House to meet his younger brother and Leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif. 

As per details, the PML-N supremo reached Parliament House where his brother received him.

Nawaz chaired a meeting of party leaders in the opposition leader’s Parliament chamber to discuss the current political situation and future course of action.

They also discussed an invitation by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman to attend a multiparty conference he has been planning to devise a joint strategy against the ruling PTI.

Hamza Shehbaz, Raja Zafarul Haq, Khawaja Saad Rafique, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Rana Sanaullah, Rana Tanveer, Khawaja Asif and Ayaz Sadiq were in attendance in the meeting.

A day earlier, Shehbaz, who is in the custody of NAB in connection with Ashiana housing scam since Oct 5, was brought to Islamabad by NAB to attend the National Assembly session.

Speaker Asad Qaiser had issued production order of the PML-N president.

The opposition leader’s residence at the Minister’s Enclave has been declared a sub-jail to incarcerate Shehbaz, according to a notification issued by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday.

“In exercise of powers conferred under section 24(f) of the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) 1999, I, Justice Javed Iqbal, Chairman, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) hereby notify the 26, Minister Enclave, Islamabad as sub-jail for the purpose of detention of accused under the NAO, 1999,” the notification read.