{"id":86090,"date":"2024-07-20T23:55:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T23:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=86090"},"modified":"2024-07-20T23:55:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T23:55:33","slug":"asif-kirmani-becomes-latest-pml-n-leader-to-part-ways-with-nawaz-sharif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2024\/86090\/","title":{"rendered":"Asif Kirmani becomes latest PML-N leader to part ways with Nawaz Sharif"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ISLAMABAD (National Times) Dr Syed Asif Kirmani, the former political secretary of ex-premier Nawaz Sharif, on Saturday announced quitting the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) after criticising the top leadership of the ruling party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kirmani, in a surprise statement today, said that he has distanced himself from the political affairs of the Nawaz-led party for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Censuring the PML-N government, the politico said the people were &#8220;dying of [inflated] power bills and inflation&#8221; while a group of leaders were cheering the rulers on their &#8220;ineffective governance&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNawaz Sharif Sahib! All is not well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, he did not give a clue about joining another party. Kirmani added that he will soon issue a detailed statement about his decision to quit the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kirmani was appointed by former prime minister Nawaz as his political secretary during his rule in 2013. He was considered a close associate of the ex-premier and played an active role during the PML-N\u2019s election campaign before the party rose to power in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kirmani became the latest PML-N leader who quit the party over differences with the top party leadership&#8217;s style of politics and its decision to form the government following the February 8 elections despite rigging allegations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lately, Abbas Khan Afridi parted ways with the ruling party last month claiming that the party\u2019s president Nawaz \u201cno longer relevant in the country\u2019s politics\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, PML-N leader and ex-Sindh governor Muhammad Zubair, former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and ex-finance minister Miftah Ismail have also parted ways with the ruling party in recent months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abbasi and Ismail had launched a new political party, Awaam Pakistan, earlier this month which was joined by several former PML-N leaders including Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi, Javed Abbasi, Syed Zaeem Hussain Qadri, Rana Zahid Tauseef, Zahid Binnouri, and Sardar Anwar Soomro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD (National Times) Dr Syed Asif Kirmani, the former political secretary of ex-premier Nawaz Sharif, on Saturday announced quitting the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) after criticising the top leadership of the ruling party. Kirmani, in a surprise statement today, said that he has distanced himself from the political affairs of the Nawaz-led party for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Asif Kirmani becomes latest PML-N leader to part ways with Nawaz Sharif - Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2024\/86090\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Asif Kirmani becomes latest PML-N leader to part ways with Nawaz Sharif - Nation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ISLAMABAD (National Times) Dr Syed Asif Kirmani, the former political secretary of ex-premier Nawaz Sharif, on Saturday announced quitting the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) after criticising the top leadership of the ruling party. 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