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LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League-Q President Ch Shujaat Hussain and Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday agreed to extend their friendly relations in the larger interest of the country.
PML-Q chief visited Khan on Saturday for a meeting that lasted for more than two hours. Talking to reporters after the meeting Shujaat said the PML-Q could form an alliance with the PTI on issues of national interests. Praising the PTI chairman, Shujaat said even Khan's

ISLAMABAD - A majority of PML-Q lawmakers in the joint parliamentary party meeting on Thursday called the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl chief Fazlur Rehman "unreliable" and advised the Chaudhrys to avoid striking any power-sharing deal with the JUI-F in Balochistan.
A source in the PML-Q told Pakistan Today that the party parliamentarians were sceptical about Fazl's departure from the coalition, saying he would rejoin the government soon. He said a number of party lawmakers also

LAHORE - Renowned politician, lawyer and Peoples Lawyers Forum (PLF) Vice President Sardar Zafer Lund along with other companions said good-bye to PPP on Friday.
Inspired by the people friendly steps of Pervez Elahi, he said he was joining PML-Q. He was accompanied by Abdul Gaffar Khan Hamdani, Muhammad Ali Patafi, Sharif Sajid and many others. He made this announcement during a meeting with Elahi at his residence.
He expressed his confidence in the leadership of Chaudhry

ISLAMABAD: After the JUI-F's decision to quit the ruling coalition, the PPP immediately contacted PML-Q to preempt any move to destabilise the government.
Law Minister Dr Babar Awan on Tuesday called PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain seeking his support in the changing political scenario where "the number game in parliament is going to play a pivotal role in the days to come".
A source in the PML-Q told Pakistan Today that Awan urged Shujaat not to delay the

LAHORE: Injustice against teachers would not be tolerated and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) would table a bill on the board of governors (BoG) issue and police torture of teachers and students in the Senate, PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Monday. He made these remarks while talking to journalists after meeting a delegation of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of teachers and students. He said that the Punjab government had no respect for the teaching

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Pir Muhammad Aslam, Senator Javed Ali Shah and former member of provincial assembly (MPA) Mujahid Ali Shah called on Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif at his Raiwind residence on Friday. Talking to the PML-Q leaders, Nawaz said that the federal government had failed to control price hike and unemployment.
The PML-N chief said that his politics revolved around Pakistan's

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) will vote against the Reformed General Sales Tax (GST) bill in the National Assembly, PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Saturday.
Addressing a press conference, Shujaat said, "As it is a money bill, any parliamentarian from our party to vote against party policy will be disqualified." He said his party was misled by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) as it backed out at the last minute and did not join the PML-Q

ISLAMABAD: The PML-Q, MQM, JUI-F and other minor political parties, who have vowed to oppose the Reformed General Sales Tax Bill 2010 in totality, are likely to boycott the voting on the recommendations finalised by the Senate Standing Committee on Finance on Friday, as experts say the parties have no other option left with them.
"These political parties, including my party, the PML- Q, who have decided to oppose the anti-poor bill, will find themselves in a fix when the report

ISLAMABAD: In a bid to appease its estranged allies and win the support of opposition parties on critical issues, the apparently cornered Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has started offering lucrative positions to them with the latest one of Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) chairmanship going to Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid Hamid Yar Hiraj.
The government on Monday appointed Hiraj chairman of ERRA after Altaf Saleem resigned.
Earlier, Jamiat

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-N and the Pakistan Muslim League-Q on Thursday reached a consensus over nominations for parliamentary committee for the appointment of judges to superior courts.
In Senate, Leader of Opposition Wasim Sajjad replaced his name with PML-N's Senator Ishaq Dar, while Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain will still be the nominee of his party. In National Assembly, Opposition Leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan nominated Sardar Mehtab Abbasi from the PML-N and

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) has summoned its joint parliamentary party meeting on Thursday at Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain's residence to discuss prevalent political situation in the country.
Sources told Pakistan Today on Tuesday that party's top brass particularly the Chaudhry brothers would take the party lawmakers into confidence over the PPP and PML-Q parleys as well as the party's stance on a PML unification move.
They said a number of party MNAs

ISLAMABAD: Leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) opposed to the party's possible alliance with the Pakistan People's Party have geared up efforts to mend fences between the Chaudhrys and the PML-Q dissident group in order to pave the way for the party to join the Muttahida Muslim League (MML).
PML-Q Secretary General Mushahid Hussain Sayed was likely to meet PML-Functional (PML-F) chief Pir Pagara within the next few days to remove misunderstandings between the

ISLAMABAD: Frustrated with the dark in which they have been kept by the party's central command over the possible unification of the Muslim Leagues and the party's parleys with the Pakistan People's Party, the PML-Q parliamentarians have asked the Chaudhrys to convene a party CEC meeting and devise a clear policy.
"When we are asked to comment by someone on the PML unification move or our party's growing proximity with the PPP, we having nothing to talk about, as details on these

LAHORE
The Pakistan Muslim League-Q Likeminded group has ruled out chances to return to the Chaudhrys, saying they were playing the role of PPP 'B' team instead of respecting the public mandate.
Unveiling a roadmap for the country's recovery on Thursday, Likeminded group President Saleem Saifullah told reporters that his group was ready to sit with all political forces in the best interest of the country.
He said that PML-F leader Pir Pagara had invited his group for

KARACHI
The ruling PPP's new strategy to shake hands with the PML-Q is apparently paying off, as the latter is not attending the meeting convened by Pir Pagara in efforts to unify various factions of the PML.
Pagara is hosting the first two-day meeting of leaders from different factions of the PML today. The meeting would be attended by leaders of the Humayun Akhtar-led PMLQ Likeminded, Shaikh Rasheed-led AML and Ejazul Haq-led PML-Z.
Senior Muslim league leaders, Gohar

ISLAMABAD: The newfound courtship between the Pakistan People's Party and the PML-Q has not only annoyed some 'Q' leaders, but also some PPP stalwarts are also cross with the leadership for giving political space to the Chaudhrys of Gujrat.
A source in the PPP told Pakistan Today that some PPP Punjab stalwarts had also opposed the potential PPP-PML-Q alliance due to their conventional rivalries with the Chaudhrys. "Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Nazar Muhammad Gondal

ISLAMABAD
Some elements in the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid are opposed to joining the Pakistan People's Party-led coalition, Pakistan Today learnt on Tuesday.
According to a source close to Chaudhrys, the PPP move to rope in the PML-Q might not work as the party does not only want to join the coalition in the centre but also wants a power-sharing deal in Punjab. The source said that the PPP had invited the PML-Q to join the PPP-led coalition government in the centre.