Overview

• Senior leaders met in National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq’s chamber in Islamabad, with Ishaq Dar, Rana Sanaullah, Azam Nazeer Tarar, Tariq Fazal Chaudhry and Rana Mubashir for PML-N, and Syed Naveed Qamar and Ejaz Jakhrani for PPP.
• Participants agreed to handle disagreements through mutual understanding and to avoid further escalation, according to attendees and party sources.
• PPP conveyed grievances over Maryam Nawaz’s recent remarks and has asked her to retract the statements and offer a public apology.
• The dispute escalated as Punjab rejected use of BISP for flood compensation while PPP argued it is the fastest channel, prompting heated exchanges and a walkout by PPP lawmakers.
• Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari defended Maryam Nawaz and said the province would rely on its own systems and funds, as tensions also extended to water and resource questions.