Parvez Elahi joins PTI: The former Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader Parvez Elahi announced joining the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), as the political temperature heats up in the country ahead of general elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab.
According to the media reports, the announcement came minutes after PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat — Elahi’s cousin — sacked him as the party’s Punjab president and revoked his basic membership on Tuesday. Parvez Elahi joins PTI officially.
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Imran Khan Khan and Parvez Elahi enjoy close ties as the former chief minister vowed to stand by the PTI Chairman and ensure that they will remain in power in Punjab — the major hub of the country’s politics.
It is to be mentioned here that earlier in a statement about sacking Elahi, Shujaat said that he is banned from using PML-Q’s name in the future. He had earlier issued a show-cause notice to Elahi on January 16, suspending his membership for talking about the possibility of his party’s possible merger with the PTI.
The notice mentioned that Shujaat called an urgent meeting of the senior leaders, where it was noted that the provincial president — Elahi — did not have the authority to merge the party with PTI. He was also sent a notice for summoning the party’s non-constitutional meeting in Lahore on January 26. Positions of people appointed in the party by the former chief minister have also been withdrawn.
