PML-N, PPP leaders meet after MPA-Buzdar moot.

LAHORE -- A day after one PPP and six PML-N lawmakers 'reposed trust' in Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar - who belongs to the ruling PTI, two top leaders of the PML-N met with PPP chief, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

'A delegation including PML-N's Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Ahsan Iqabl met Bilawal to discuss affairs of parliament,' the PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Auragnzeb said after the meeting in a carefully worded statement.

Marriyum, however, added that 'the PTI government is bulldozing all parliamentary norms and procedures and both the parties have agreed to form a joint strategy against it.'

In a setback to the PML-N, six of its Punjab Assembly lawmakers on Tuesday met Buzdar and 'reposed confidence' in his leadership - a move that drew ire of the opposition party's provincial leadership.

According to a statement issued by the CM office, these assembly members showed confidence on the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief Minister Usman Buzdar.

Talking with reference to the move, Marriyum said the party has formed a four-member committee - comprising former Punjab Assembly speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal, Rana Sanaullah, Awais Laghari, and Hamza Shehabz - to seek a reply from the six members.

She, however, tried to play down significance of the development, which, she said, is not of such great significance 'but media created hype about'.

'These MPAs have clarified in the media that they still are part of the PML-N and only met with the CM to seek funds for their constituency. The PML-N is like a family. The party members have stood with party in worst of times and they would continue to do so,' she said.

However, one of the PML-N lawmakers, Nishat Daha, who was part of the group that met Buzdar a day earlier, said 'several dozen' PML-N lawmakers are on the verge of going...