 Hamza Shahbaz Sharif met President Musharraf in Islamabad on May 2 to settle political and family matters, sources in the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz have told Daily Times.
| Yesterday they said they weren't talking to the "illegitimate" government... |
Hamza denies any such meeting took place.
| "Nope. Nope. Never happened." |
The main purpose of the meeting was to get permission for Hamza's mother Nusrat Shahbaz and younger brother Salman Shahbaz to live permanently in Pakistan, the sources said. A message from Shahbaz was also conveyed to the president during the meeting, said the sources. "Shahbaz in his message applauded the efforts of the president for the sovereignty and progress of Pakistan," they said.
| "See? Applauding him is different from talking to him!" |
During the meeting, the sources said, Hamza admitted that his father's attempt to return to Pakistan on May 11, 2004, created difficulties for the government and he would not repeat such an attempt. Hamza also reportedly asked the president to give Nawaz Sharif a passport.
| "But it's gotta have a religion column! He forgets pretty easy, y'know..." |
Hamza also met CM Elahi on March 11 and the CM reportedly refused to give him any assurance that his mother and brother could stay in Pakistan. However, they decided at the meeting that Hamza should meet the president to make the same request, the sources said. Nusrat and Salman have been in Lahore since April 17. Hamza said he had met the CM to condole his father's death.
| Then his lips fell off... |
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