AHMEDPUR EAST: Prince Bahawal Abbas Khan Abbasi on Thursday joined Pakistan Teheek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the presence of PTI Chairman Imran Khan in Islamabad.
He was accompanied by his father, Amir of Bahawalpur, Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi, and maternal uncle PTI leader and ex-federal minister Malik Amin Aslam besides other dignitaries.
PTI chief Imran Khan visited the house of PTI central leader Jehangir Tareen in Islamabad where he met both the prince and Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi and exchanged views on the prevailing political situation of south Punjab.
Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi vowed to lend support to PTI candidates across Bahawalpur division in general elections 2018.
It may be recalled that Prince Bahawal Abbasi is the only son of Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi who intends to contest for NA-174 Ahmedpur East.
He has secured a postgraduate degree in International Political Economy from London.