{"id":12426,"date":"2025-07-03T00:05:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T00:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=12426"},"modified":"2025-07-03T00:05:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T00:05:38","slug":"rival-opposes-nisars-return-to-pml-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=12426","title":{"rendered":"Rival opposes Nisar&#8217;s return to PML-N"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>MNA Qamarul Islam Raja has opposed any move to bring former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan back into the PML-N fold and warned of protest to the party leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Raja had defeated Nisar in his home constituency after the latter parted ways with the party following a 34-year association. However, Nisar returned to the limelight last week when Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited him after a seven-year gap and held a meeting.<\/p>\n<p>In the meeting, where Nisar&#8217;s son, Taimur Ali Khan, was also present, the PM enquired about Nisar&#8217;s health, according to an official statement. They also discussed various political matters as well as ongoing domestic issues.<\/p>\n<p>Since his loss in the general elections in 2018, Nisar had been living a secluded life, away from the media glare. However, after the meeting with PM Shehbaz, rumours were rife that he might re-join the PML-N.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with a private news channel, Raja said he opposed Nisar&#8217;s return, warning that if his party had any dealings with Nisar, he would protest to the party leadership. &#8220;I will oppose him [Nisar] and complain to the party,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Raja said that during the elections, his family, which was campaigning for him, was constantly threatened, adding that he himself had received messages not to contest against Nisar.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MNA Qamarul Islam Raja has opposed any move to bring former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan back into the PML-N fold and warned of protest to the party leadership. Raja had defeated Nisar in his home constituency after the latter parted ways with the party following a 34-year association. However, Nisar returned to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12426\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}