PM Shehbaz contacts Nawaz Sharif after Alvi stressed for 'timely polls'.

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday held a telephonic conversation with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif after President Dr Arif Alvi emphasised 'timely elections' in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), media reported.

The telephonic conversation came a day after President Alvi wrote to PM Shehbaz, asking the premier to direct federal and provincial authorities to assist the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in holding the Punjab and KP elections in accordance with the orders of the Supreme Court (SC).

Sources told media that the prime minister has accelerated consultation following the letter by the President. During the conversation, Nawaz Sharif directed the PML-N president to present all the facts before the nation.

Meanwhile, Shehbaz Sharif also held meetings with Azam Nazeer Tarar and other PML-N leaders in this regard. The participants of the meeting proposed to give an 'effective reply' to President Alvi's letter.

A day earlier, President Alvi wrote to PM Shehbaz Sharif, asking the premier to...