According to Online news agency, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has invited Sindh National Front (SNF) Chairman Mumtaz Ali Bhutto to join PTI along with his group, in a bid to give a tough time to Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in Sindh.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan has reportedly offered Bhutto, who is a key ally of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), to join PTI as the party’s central president in place of the estranged Javed Hashmi. Bhutto’s son Ameer Bakhsh Bhutto has been offered PTI’s provincial president’s seat. A meeting between the two leaders is expected soon in Karachi, the report said.
Following Khan’s offer, Mumtaz has summoned a meeting with party leaders and political associates to discuss the offer.
According to Online sources, Khan called Mumtaz and invited him to join hand with PTI, remarking that sincere and principled leaders like Mumtaz are the need of the nation and PTI.
The sources added that Khan said that leaders like Mumtaz did not look good in alliance with “non-principled people and thieves who have become united in the name of democracy while ignoring political principles”.
Party sources confirmed that Khan is considering changes in PTI’s Sindh chapter and it is expected that after Mumtaz joins PTI, a large group of PML-N and PPP leaders including Habib Khan Baloch and Aziz Baloch would join PTI.
Meanwhile, SNF central information secretary has confirmed that Mumtaz has received invitation calls from Khan, adding that a decision to join PTI has not been made yet.