LAHORE: Former President and President Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians Asif Ali Zardari met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Lahore on Saturday and discussed the political situation as preparations for general elections heve been started by political parties.
Both the PPP and the PML-N have announced that they would go to the polls without entering into an alliance though they ahve been in the coalition government since April last year.
As the assemblies are nearing to complete their tenure, fissures being surfaced in the ruling coalition. The PPP is likely to revisit its political strategy and alliances for the next election, particularly in the strategically most important province of Punjab.
The last session of the National Assembly is expected to be summoned by the next week. The assemblies will complete their five-year tenure on August 13.
A key legislation about amendments in the Election Act 2017 and electoral reforms, which has been under the hammer now will likely be the final piece of the legislation that will be passed by the current lower house, sources said.
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