With Nawaz back at the helm, 'N' looks to placate allies.

LAHORE -- In a bid to bring the political temperature down and focus on securing relief for Nawaz Sharif in graft cases, the PML-N has decided to re-establish 'close coordination' with its allies in the former coalition government.

This decision was made during a meeting at Jati Umra on Sunday, also attended by legal experts in addition to the Sharif family members. Sources told Dawn that Nawaz Sharif would approach the PPP, JUI-F, and other parties of the 'defunct' Pakistan Democratic Movement this week.

'Initially, Mr Sharif will phone former president Asif Ali Zardari, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, Akhtar Mengal and others to thank them for their moral support throughout his ordeal, before seeking separate meetings with them,' they said.

The sources said that the PML-N would avoid a confrontation with PPP by not responding to the latter's scathing criticism of the relief given to the PML-N supremo by the judiciary.

Of late, PPP has been complaining about a lack of a level playing field ahead of polls likely in January next year.

'The [reconcilitation] policy is being strongly advocated by PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif,' sources said, adding that PML-N chief organiser Maryam Nawaz, former finance minister Ishaq Dar, and Hamza Shehbaz also attended the huddle.

Former law minister Azam Nazeer Tarar also joined the meeting to discuss the...