DUBAI: PML-N Nawaz Sharif has said he will work to rein in inflation if voted to power in the next general elections, a similar resolve party leader Ishaq Dar made when he took charge as the finance minister in September.

Mr Sharif made these remarks while talking in Dubai to different PML-N delegations from Gulf countries on Sunday.

On Sunday, Mr Sharif said his party would overcome all the problems and difficulties faced by the people.

Mr Sharif’s remarks came as PML-N and PPP bigwigs have been holding meetings in the United Arab Emirates against the backdrop of general elections, expected to be held later this year.

The two sides have reportedly agreed on several issues, including names for the caretaker set-up and a power-sharing formula if the two parties win the elections.

The top leaders from both parties, including Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari, met more than once throughout the previous week to decide an election date, among other things.

The meetings were also attended by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, PML-N senior vice president Maryam Nawaz Sharif and Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister’s Coordinator for Economy and Energy Bilal Azhar Kayani said on Sunday the government was committed to putting the country on the path of economic growth and prosperity.

Responding to PTI leader Hammad Azhar’s remarks, he said that after 1952, Pakistan’s economic growth rate had been negative only in 2019-20 under the PTI regime.