PML-N turning to ‘policy of realpolitik’ Shehbaz tells party leaders to work with other opposition parties in parliament Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif. PHOTO: APP ISLAMABAD: Days after putting his party on a reconciliatory path, PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif has made it clear to its leaders that realpolitik would prevail over idealism and its approach would be different in and outside parliament. Since his release from jail and after taking charge of the party, the former Punjab chief minister first asked the party leaders to hold back the rhetoric and pursue the policy of reconciliation. The leader of the opposition in the National Assembly has now instructed that the PML-N must work together with the opposition parties in parliament.