LAHORE: Although Pakistan Muslim League-N and People’s Party apparently seem at each other’s throats in the national politics, they are making compromises and seat adjustments, at least at local levels.

A similar situation is being witnessed in Dera Ghazi Khan district, where the PML-N has left open the National Assembly constituency 173.

Saifuddin Khosa, the eldest son of senior N-League leader Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa, is a PPP nominee for the seat.

As political leaders changing party affiliation has been a common phenomenon before elections, a former PML-N MNA from the same seat in the previous polls Saif had changed loyalties and joined the PPP a couple of months ago after developing differences within the family. Publicly, he had cited apathy of Punjab government of the Sharifs towards south Punjab as the reason behind his decision.

Relations between the Khosas and the Sharifs have been strained over the past two to three years. Last year, Sardar Zulfiqar Khosa had quit the N-League but he was persuaded by Nawaz Sharif to change his decision.

Sardar Khosa had at a press conference announced contesting against his son to relive the Iranian legendary tale of Rustam and Sohrab. The Khosa tribe chief has neither filed papers against his son nor any other candidate is being fielded by the PML-N from the seat.

Interestingly, Zulfiqar Khosa, who is also a PML-N senator, is contesting from a Punjab Assembly seat, PP-243, and Saif is also a PPP nominee for the same constituency. It is being expected that Saif will withdraw in favour of his father, thus the family will secure both the seats in a ‘local PPP-PML-N seat adjustment’.

The Khosa chief did not attend his cell phone when this reporter tried to get his version on the report.