The Jahangir Khan Tareen-led group, generally called the Clean Party – of former and sitting parliamentarians from the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Likeminded – is meeting tomorrow (Thursday) in Islamabad to discuss various options and to decide whether to first launch a new political party for forging an alliance with Imran Khan or straightaway join the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI).
A source close to the dissident group of the PML-Q and the PML-F parliamentarians told Pakistan Today on Tuesday that the likeminded leaders would hold a brainstorming session to reach a decision whether to first launch a new political party – the ‘clean party’ or ‘development and justice party’ – to forge an alliance with the PTI or directly join Imran. “Around two dozen former and sitting parliamentarians, mainly from the PML-Q, including Jamal Leghari, Awais Leghari, Ghulam Sarwar Khan, Sikandar Bosan and Ishaq Khakwani will attend the meeting while Jahangir Tareen will be attending from the PML-F,” the source added.
He said until now the likeminded group of parliamentarians had not taken a final decision regarding joining the PTI or forging an alliance with Imran’s party after getting their own party registered by the Election Commission of Pakistan.
