Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif will leave for London on Monday on a private visit during which, he is likely to meet with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain in the wake of new political scenario, emerging after the separation of Karachi based party from the ruling coalition.

According to sources  Shahbaz will be in London for his medical checkup and is likely to meet with Hussain whose party  recently  parted ways with the PPP-led government in both center and Sindh. While MQM’s long serving governor Dr Ishrat ul Ibad has also resigned from the post in line with the party policy.

Sources in the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) told The News Tribe that no decision will be taken in haste regarding establishment of relations with the MQM.

Earlier in the day, The PML-N chief Nawaz Sahrif while talking to media here, welcomed the MQM on the opposition benches. On a question the former prime minister said though his party has some reservations about some political parties, a grand alliance should be formed to get rid of the incumbent government which remained failed to resolve even a single issue facing the country.

Via, Thenewstribe