Former finance minister Ishaq Dar has said that the second round of the PML-N and PPP joint meetings between their coordination committees was completed in which matters regarding government formation progressed.

In a post on X, the PML-N leader said it was decided that the third consultation meeting of the coordination committees would be held over the weekend.

Dar, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar and Malik Muhammad Ahmed Khan participated in the meeting on behalf of PML-N while Murad Ali Shah, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Saeed Ghani, and Nadeem Afzal Chan took part from PPP’s side.

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