KARACHI: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif remarked that he failed to establish contact between Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Peoples Party Co-Chairperson Asif Ali Zardari.

Asif also shared that he had contacted Farooq Naek, who is the lawyer of PPP, to take up the Iqama (work permit) case against him. ?He is my wife?s elder brother and my maternal cousin,? he shared.

However, Naek refused to help me and said that Zardari has stopped him from taking up the case.

In this regard, I tried to contact Zardari many times, even left messages for him with his ADC, claimed Asif.

?We have to work towards improving the political situation,? said the foreign minister, adding that ?politicians shouldn?t make a drama of themselves.?

?But, Zardari didn?t answer any of my calls,? he added.

When asked if there is a chance of PML-N and PPP working together, the minister said that he can not say anything for sure. 

?Personally speaking I think there is no chance of contact between the two parties.?

Asif?s entire interview will air on Geo News programme, Capital Talk, at 8:05 PM tonight. 

Don't want to be in contact with Nawaz: Zardari

On August 16, PPP supremo Zardari had said that he has no interest in establishing contact with former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, reported Geo News.

Sources said the former president made the comments during a meeting of the party's core leadership at Bilawal House.

Zardari said the PPP also has no interest in becoming part of a 'Grand National Dialogue' proposed recently by Nawaz Sharif.

Zardari accuses Nawaz of trying to 'stir fight between Islamabad, Rawalpindi'

PPP co-chairman says he has received ten messages from Nawaz since the time he started taking a little heat

Sources quoted Zardari saying that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief has a different attitude when he is in power and a completely different tone when he is not. 

Zardari has reiterated his position time and again. 

On October 9, Zardari remarked in an interview that former president said a disqualified individual cannot become a party's president in a democratic system.

He said that following his statement, Sharif, who was then the sitting prime minister, did not hold a meeting with him out of fear.

His statement referred to an instance when Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari were both in London nearly a year ago, where the latter approached the former for a meeting, according to some media reports.

The PPP co-chairman had gone abroad in June 2015 and stayed in Dubai and London for nearly 18 months, following his controversial statement allegedly against the military.

However, reports had suggested that Nawaz had declined to meet the former president. There had been no official word on the matter from either side.

"I do not care about Nawaz Sharif's luncheon; I do not eat 'Paaye'," he said, adding, "I took my own meal along whenever I had a lunch with him."

The PPP co-chairman revealed that he has received "ten messages from Nawaz Sharif since the time he started taking heat, but did not have a word with him."

"This is not a fight between Islamabad and Rawalpindi, but Nawaz wants to make it one," he said.

Can revive contact between Nawaz, Zardari: Asif

On August 16, Asif had claimed that he can revive contact between PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif if he is instructed by the party?s high command.

Speaking on Geo News? Capital talk, Asif had said that he is certain that Zardari will agree to revive dialogue with the PML-N leadership.

"Yes, if I am instructed by Nawaz Sharif, I can play a role to revive dialogue," said the foreign minister.

Can revive contact between Nawaz, Zardari: Khawaja Asif

The foreign minister said he is certain that Zardari will agree to revive dialogue with the PML-N leadership

"I am a political worker. Politics is the name of possibilities. Doors are not kept shut forever."

However, PPP spokesperson Senator Farhatullah Babar said that as per the policy of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the party has decided to not maintain any contact with the PML-N leadership.