PTI deliberately created COAS extension issue: PML-N.

Islamabad: A group of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders held a meeting in London on Saturday with party president Shehbaz Sharif to discuss the party's role in various parliamentary matters, including the pending legislation on the army chief's tenure and the suspended appointments of the chief election commissioner.

Among the members present in the meeting were Ahsan Iqbal, Ishaq Dar, Senator Pervaiz Rashid, Khawaja Asif, Rana Tanvir, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and Marriyum Aurangzeb.

The session was held at Maroush Gardens on Edgware Road. The group is currently gathered at Avenfield apartments to inquire after party supremo Nawaz Sharif's health.

After emerging from the meeting venue, Asif said Shehbaz was briefed on parliamentary issues which arose in the recent weeks as well as non-parliamentary matters that Pakistan is confronted with. "His guidance on these issues was sought," said Asif.

"We will formulate the party's policy on these matters upon our return to Pakistan," he said, adding, "The issue of the army chief's extension cannot be commented on until the issuance of the detailed judgement."

Asif also said that if fresh elections were to take place, "our stance is that the first step should be an in-house change, not for the sake of perpetuating the change but for the sake of holding new elections".

The PML-N leader...