Nawaz is on his way to Balochistan to build fresh partnerships.

LAHORE : Nawaz Sharif arrives in Quetta on Tuesday (Nov 14) to forge new partnerships and strengthen his party’s organization in Balochistan, as the three-time prime minister seeks a fourth term despite his disqualification.

Nawaz, regarded as the comeback man, is certain of reclaiming power following his conviction in the NAB cases, doing what many believed would be impossible, just as he did during his first exile when Pervez Musharraf exiled him to Saudi Arabia.
PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif will be accompanied by Maryam Nawaz, the party’s main organizer, on his three-day tour to Balochistan, where he is anticipated to reach a seat-adjustment agreement with the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), which is currently led by Magsi.

The Balochistan-based party had split from the PTI-led government alliance, setting the path for the victory of a no-confidence resolution that pushed Shehbaz to the prime minister’s office for a 16-month stay.

The anticipated agreement with the BAP comes after the PML-N last week achieved a similar pact with the MQM-P in Sindh, where talks are underway to expand the electoral partnership to other parties such as Pir Pagara’s PML-F and the JUI-F.

Nawaz is also anticipated to meet with around 20 major political heavyweights, with some of them joining the PML-N, bolstering the party’s chances in the February 8 general election.

The visit is also significant symbolically since it was in Balochistan that his government’s demise began after a shift in party loyalty and shifting alliances terminated the reign of then-chief minister Sanaullah Zehri.

Both Zehri and Lt-Gen (retd) Abdul Qadir Baloch quit the PML-N and then joined the PPP after criticizing Nawaz and his policies after he accused the establishment of overthrowing his government, conviction, and the contentious elections in 2018.