- Qureshi says Rajan Baksh and PPP’s Ghaffar have joined PTI
- PTI VC says no consistency in statements issued by Nawaz, Shehbaz
MULTAN: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi announced on Sunday that local political leader Rajan Baksh Gilani and Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Raja Abdul Ghaffar have joined the PTI.
Addressing the media-person in Multan, Qureshi said, “Mian Rajan Baksh Gilani will make the formal announcement regarding joining PTI during a religious scholars’ conference in Golra Sharif on July 6.”
During the conference, Mian Gilani’s followers will also announce their support for the Imran-led party, said PTI leader.
“Raja Abdul Ghaffar has also left the PPP to join PTI,” the senior PTI leader added.
While taking a shot at PTI’s political rival, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the PTI VC said, “PML-N has split into two [factions] and Chaudhry Nisar has parted ways as well.”
He also said that there was “no consistency in the statements issued by Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif” and attributed it to the “environment of disappointment in the PML-N”.
Qureshi also urged the politicians to respect state institutions.
Commenting on candidates who have chosen to contest the upcoming general elections independently, the PTI leader said, “they have realised that the PML-N has become a burden.”
So far this year 248 politicians, including dozens of federal and provincial lawmakers, have changed sides — the most on record, Free and Fair Election Network, an Islamabad-based watchdog, said in June. Of that 92 politicians have joined Imran Khan’s PTI.
