ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate for prime minister Naveed Qamar said on Tuesday that he was college roommates with Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N)’s Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in Los Angeles.
Abbasi is poised to become the next prime minister after being nominated as the PML-N candidate.
“We were in the same college in Los Angeles. He was an undergraduate and I was a graduate student. We lived together in one house and then another house. He and another friend were responsible for driving and cooking.â€
Qamar spoke highly of the time he spent with Abbasi in university, adding that they still remain friends.
“Even back then we had different political affiliations but on a personal level we are friends and will remain so,†said Qamar while speaking to the media.