LAHORE, Sept 26: Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai called on PML-N president Nawaz Sharif here on Wednesday and discussed with him the Balochistan crisis and other national issues.

Mr Achakzai was among the seven people the PML-N had proposed to other parties for heading the caretaker government, but he refused to accept the offer.

However, he had expressed the desire that the two parties should increase contacts and take a joint position on different national issues.

Former senator Akram Shah, Usman Khan Kakar and Qehar Khan accompanied Mr Achakzai to the meeting.

Raja Zafarul Haq, Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, Ahsan Iqbal, Pervaiz Rashid and Yaqoob Khan Nasir of the PML-N were also present.