LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has met former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in Kot Lakhpat jail, ARY News reported.
The PPP top leader inquired about the health of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Quaid Nawaz Sharif.
Bilawal is accompanied by Qamar Zaman Kaira, Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, Jameel and Hassan Murtaza in the meeting.
He was allowed to meet Sharif in accordance with jail the manual and regulations. The meeting can be continued for up to 1 – 1.5 hours, sources said.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Punjab home department earlier on March 9 had granted a request by Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari to meet the former premier.
Rejecting speculations surrounding his visit, Mr Bhutto-Zardari a day earlier categorically stated that there was no political agenda behind his decision to meet Sharif.
He had expressed concern over the health of the supreme leader of the main opposition party and demanded that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government provide proper healthcare facilities to him. He stressed the need for the government to treat the issue of Sharif’s health with utmost seriousness.
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