ISLAMABAD: Leaders of Pakistan’s ruling coalition will hold a meeting on Wednesday to discuss the ongoing political crisis in the country, confirmed a right-wing political party on Saturday, before the Supreme Court resumes its hearing of a case related to the delayed elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces next week.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif confirmed he had called the meeting of his coalition partners in a phone call with the chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) political party, Siraj-ul-Haq, in which the two leaders also exchanged Eid greetings.

Last week, the JI chief held a meeting with the prime minister and his arch-rival Imran Khan in Lahore while trying to convince them to sort out their political differences over the upcoming elections through constructive negotiations.

“As the prime minister, it is more of your responsibility to find a solution to the political crisis,” Siraj-ul-Haq was quoted as saying by the JI information secretary, Qaisar Sharif, in a Twitter post.

“I am consulting with the coalition parties after my meeting with you,” the Tweet also mentioned the PM’s response to the JI chief. “I have called a meeting of coalition parties on April 26.”

The Supreme Court of Pakistan is scheduled to take up the election delay case on Thursday. The court ordered snap polls in the most populated Punjab province to be held on May 14 earlier this month, saying a date would later be agreed for the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, pending technical issues.

More recently, it asked the leading political stakeholders to discuss the issue among themselves and inform the bench about the outcome to their talks during its hearing on Thursday.

The government and the judiciary have also developed significant differences over the issue, with the coalition administration accusing the apex court judges of going beyond their constitutional mandate and undermining the authority of parliament.