As several politicians from the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) are set to join the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) under the leadership of Jahangir Khan Tareen within a week, PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi has geared up efforts to rope in leaders of Sindh Awami Alliance (SAA) to dent the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) aspirations in Sindh.
The Jahangir Tareen-led group took the decision of joining PTI following a series of meetings with Imran Khan. Previously, it was mulling the option of an alliance with the PTI after forming an independent group or a new political party registered with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). A source in the PTI told Pakistan Today that Qureshi had contacted anti-PPP elements – Sindh Awami Alliance (SAA) – to muster support against the PPP’s stronghold and urging them to join the PTI at the party’s rally in Karachi on December 25.
The SAA, formed in 2009, is largely composed of anti-PPP politicians from Sindh, including former chief minister Liaquat Jatoi, former ministers Asghar Shah, Maqbool Shaikh, Murad Shah, Salim Jan Mazari, Naseer Khoso, Altaf Unnar, Irfan Gul Magsi, Irfanullah Marwat and Manzoor Panhwar, and former legislators Sadaqat Jatoi, Ali Nawaz Maher, Mohammad Shah, Agha Ghulam Ali Buledi, Mujib Pirzada, Kamil Shah and Dr Bahadur Dahiri. SAA leader Maqbool Sheikh confirmed that Qureshi had contacted the alliance members for winning their support. “We are meeting on December 17 in Karachi to decide the fate of the group … PML-N President Nawaz Sharif has also contacted the alliance recently,” he added.
Tareen group: A source told Pakistan Today that the Jahangir Tareen-led likeminded leaders would join the PTI just before or after the PTI’s Karachi rally scheduled for December 25. “Around a dozen former and sitting parliamentarians mainly from the PML-Q, including Jamal Leghari, Awais Legahari, Ghulam Sarwar Khan, Ishaq Khakwani, Sikandar Khan Bosan and Jahangir Tareen from the PML-F are set to join the PTI,” the source added. He said the group was mulling how sitting parliamentarians like Tareen and Legharis would tackle the legal challenges in case they joined the PTI without tendering their resignations from parliament. He said some leaders of the Salim Saifullah-led PML-Likeminded were also supporting them and intended to join the PTI against the desire of party’s secretary general Humayun Akhtar Khan and Information Secretary Kashmala Tariq, who wanted to join the Sharifs. A source in the PML-Likeminded said the core committee of the party met on Sunday (December 4) in Lahore to discuss the party’s future course of action but could not reach a consensus vis-à-vis joining the PTI or the PML-N. Ghulam Sarwar Khan of the Jahangir Tareen group said they were in consultations but the final decision would be taken in the near future. “Some colleagues are suggesting joining the PTI while others are in favour of keeping separate political identity by launching a new party and then make an alliance with the PTI,” he said. Sarwar claimed that a large number of former and sitting parliamentarians as well as former district and tehsil nazims were approaching them “but we will reveal their names at an appropriate time”.
On the other hand, a PTI leader claimed that some PML-Q leaders were not sincere in joining the PTI or establishing their own political party, rather they were posing so to make inroads in either the PPP or PML-N.
Great news!
good to see that powerful politicians are joining PTI
there will be again Lal Majid incident, making Pakistan slave of US with more force. What achange. Great Change. Khan changed and started following Musharaf. what a opputunist? just for power.
It is too early to say anything about Imran, it is better to let him come in powers then we ll deceide who is who and what is what.
Arooj e dar sey sekhen ya pase divare zindan sey dekhen
Tujeh ruswa sare bazaare alam ham bhi dekhen ghay
Be prepared to see PTI to go into dust bin of history as its godfather Zia has already gone into.
God father of PML-N, Zia, I think u misunderstood
Imran Khan has taken over this position from Sharifs. That's why he is supporting terrorists who killed 35000 innocet Pakistanis.
Zia ul Haq maybe dead but his ideology is well and alive in the form of of Nawaz Sharif. Nawaz wants to complete Zia's mission of turning Pakistan in to a pseudo-fascist wahabi state and declare himself the amir al momineen.
IK is just talking about financial corruption. He does not talk about moral and character corruption. He thinks moral and character corruption is no crime according to his idealogy, so if some one abbetted in abrogation of constitution, changed loyalties and having bad character, like womaniser, gambler, drinker, he is acceptable whereas in the world where couple can live togather with out marriage, give birth to children with out marriage, all such persons are not acceptable to them as leader. Clinton example is there. Now evry oppurtunist who were close ally of Musharaf, who abrogated constitution twice, wraped up judiciary,innocent killing in Lal Masjid and made Pakistan slave of US AND THESE PEOPLE WERE PART OF ALL THESE ACTIONS are acceptable to PTI. All these people were not only defending these actions but executing with full force. Please note that IK had to once again tender apology for taking these people as he had tendered apology for supporting Musharaf.
@saleem Please be patient and be thankful for Allah's small mercies. We are not going to achieve utopia in one fell swoop. Imran is a step in the right direction and now with Shah Mahmood Qureshi joining him, a new energy has been injected into the party. Moreover, SMQ's political experience will bring practical doable solutions forward instead of just wishful thinking. Imran has shown tenacity and honesty in everything that he has done so far. Give him a chance to make the right team and then judge him not against angels but mere mortals. He is far far better than Zardari and Nawaz Sharif.
How long we will keep on experimenting. These faces are already tried . These faces have plunged this this country in to deep sea. Imran says that he is the leader and only his policies will work, then why to rely on these people. Why does he not try new faces.With these oppurtunists, you cannot bring change rather loose your own credibility.
Amazing news. Jahangir Tareen is not only a great politician who has changed the face of RYK since he became a member. Before him RYK was in the hands of the corrupt land owners who refused open schools for children just to keep them uneducated and desperate. He is a very principled and good businessman. He will take PTI to the next level. Now I will vote for PTI
that's grt news. but i hate those who thinks that same old politics starts again. assholes r those who were saying that imran khan hv no team but now when powerful politicians r coming to join PTI , now they r saying that imran khan is desperate for power and money.
more lotas mubarak to imran khan and his fan club.
gathering all dirt of pakistani politics
inqalab zindabad
Aap apni party shuru kar lain phir. Atleast Imran Khan is educated and better than the Sharif brothers, Zardari, Elahis all put together. They are the dirt of Pakistani politics. If you can't bring about an inqalab, don't bull shit about those who are trying.
i think its a great move for PTI, we got to have these people on our side to win the election and we totally beleive that its all depends on the top leadership, if the top leadership is corrupt then it has a trickle down effect and vice versa. We beleive under the leadership of IK Pakistan will be on the right track….IA
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