Under the leadership of Jahangir Khan Tareen, leaders from the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) are likely to join the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) on December 19. The Tareen-led group made the decision after PTI Chairman Imran Khan expressed reluctance in forging an alliance with any political party. Previously, the group was mulling the option of having an alliance with the PTI after getting a new political party registered with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
A source close to the dissident group told Pakistan Today on Wednesday that the likeminded leaders would now join the PTI just before its 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, Jaffar Leghari, Nasrullah Dareshak, Sikandar Khan Bosan and Jahangir Tareen from the PML-F are set to join the PTI,” the source said. He said the group was mulling how sitting parliamentarians like Tareen and Legharis would tackle legal challenges in case they joined the PTI without tendering resignations to parliament. The Tareen-led group has met numerous times in the last few weeks in Lahore and Islamabad to decide the group’s future course of action. When contacted, Ghulam Sarwar Khan said they were having consultations but the final decision would be taken in the meeting today (Thursday) in Islamabad.
Tareen group to join PTI in few days
