Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chakwal leader Naeem Akram along with other office bearers on Sunday resigned from the party over differences on ticket distribution and joined Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
Naeem Akram who applied for a PTI ticket from NA-60, said PTI chief Imran Khan backed on his promise to give tickets to party workers.
Akram is brother of PTI District President Rizwan Akram and Vice President Labiba Iffat.
He announced his decision during a meeting with defence analyst Lt Gen (r) Abdul Qayyum. Candidate for the National Assembly (NA) seat from PML-N Major (r) Tahir Iqbal and other officer bearers of the party were also present on the occasion.
Akram said he along with his brother enrolled more than 27,000 members in PTI from Chakwal but the party tickets were awarded to those who recently joined while he and his family had been working with PTI since the last many years.
Gen Qayyum welcomed them to PML-N and assured that due respect and honour would be given to the new entrants.
He also announced full support for Tahir Iqbal.
Qayyum said Nawaz Sharif is the only experienced politician who can lead the country through the present challenges.
Tahir Iqbal admitted that some mistakes had been made in the past but assured that the future would be different. He appealed to PML-N workers to start a massive campaign since only 20 days were left in general elections.
Other leaders who spoke on the occasion were Ziaul Hassan Zaidi, Malik Mohiud Din, Raja Sajid Iqbal, Shahid Abbasi and Sheikh Zaffar Hassan.
The speakers vowed to support PML-N candidates and were confident that all six seats from Chakwal would go to PML-N.