SWABI: Awami Jamhoori Ittehad Pakistan will formally merge with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on August 14, according to local media sources.
The decision was made at a high-level party meeting held at Tarakai House in Swabi on Sunday. The meeting was attended by AJIP chief Shahram Khan Tarakai, Senator Liaquat Tarakai and other party bigwigs who endorsed the preliminary decision, taken in March, regarding the horizontal integration of the two ruling parties of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan is set to fly in and attend the merger ceremony at Tarakai House scheduled for Independence Day.
Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and other PTI movers and shakers are also expected to arrive for the occasion where Shahram will officially announce the merger.
The AJIP had promised the merger on the eve of Senate elections on March 5. His father, Liaquat, made it to the Upper House on a PTI ticket only.
