Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will meet his ailing brother Shehbaz Sharif today(Monday) with the special permission of National Accountability Bureau.
Nawaz Sharif, who is lifetime Quaid of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz had formally applied for meeting with his younger brother Shehbaz Sharif, Leader of Opposition in National Assembly and was brought here from Lahore on the production orders of Speaker National Assembly to attend the ongoing National Assembly session which would resume here after a break of two days.
The permission of meeting was granted by Director General NAB Lahore Shahzad Saleem as he(Shehbaz) was in custody of NAB Lahore in connection with the investigation of Aashiana Housing Scheme and Saaf Pani(Clean Water) Project and was competent to deal with such requests.
The overall health condition of Shehbaz Sharif is not good a senior party leader shared with The Nation, adding that his exact health condition would be clear in the light of the reports of series of tests and scans he is undergoing in Islamabad hospital.
Previously, Nawaz Sharif had meeting with his younger brother in Leader of Opposition Chamber in Parliament House where he came for the first time after his disqualification as Prime Minister and Member Parliament.
When contacted, the people close to Shehbaz Sharif said that the venue of the meeting was not yet decided as if Shehbaz Sharif would be feeling better on Monday he might go to attend the National Assembly session, which was requisitioned on the request of opposition parties and the meeting could take place in his chamber.
But the meeting between the two could also be held at the residence of Leader of Opposition in the Ministers’ Enclave which was declared a sub-jail by the NAB authorities.
