Shehbaz chairs APC meeting to evolve consensus on presidential candidate

An All Parties Conference (APC) of the opposition chaired by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz ( PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif is underway in Murree.

The meeting is being held at the Kashmir Point residence of the party’s supreme leader Nawaz Sharif.

It is holding consultations to bring a joint candidate of the opposition for the elections of the president to be held on September 4.

Leaders of 11 opposition parties including Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) , Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Awami National Party (ANP), Mutahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) and others are attending the session.

PML-N leaders Abdul Qadir Baloch, Ameer Muqam, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Tariq Fazal Chaudhary, Sardar Ayaz SAadiq, Ahsam Iqbal among other are present in the meeting.

Yousaf Raza Gillani and Khurshid Shah are leading the PPP delegation which includes Sherry Rehman, Qamar-uz-Zaman Kaira and others.

Similarly, Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, Liaquat Baloch, Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Hyderi and Maulana Awais Noorani from MMA are participating in APC.