ISLAMABAD: Punjab Assembly President Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi said the leader on Tuesday of the opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif failed to persuade his brotherPML-N supreme Nawaz Sharif, to be on board over accepting PML-Q.
The declaration arrives as PML-Q, after a considerable delay, formally announced siding with Prime Minister Imran Khan following the premier decision to name Elahi as the new Chief of Punjab minister – an offer that questlast accepted.
“We walk very carefully with them (PML-N) and the people who question in the party they were not on board. For example, Maryam Nawaz did not like The proposition. His group it was not at hand over Everything [in Punjab] to a party which has seven to 10 seats, “he said during the Geo News program” Capital Talk “.
The PML-Q leader said that despite Shahbaz’s stature, he could not convince people who it mattered in his party and, at the same time, when the PML-N and the PPP sent their proposals, the PTI did also making them “serious” offers.
“Prime Minister Imran Khan himself called me and told me he was waiting for me in Bani Gala – where the matter was settled. Even today, me met the prime minister told me its party gave an answer about me, ”Elahi said.
Proposal for MQM-P
Elahi further claimed to have suggested al prime minister to be offered to the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Governorate of Sindh at MQM-P – in an offer to get theirs support for foiling the no-confidence motion.
Speaker of the Punjab Assembly said it spoke with Defense Minister Pervez Khattak and did also assured him that the MQM-P was on board.
One day before, senior MQM-P leader Waseem Akhtar had expressed reservations over PML-Q decision to side with the PTI ruling such as the government the allies were planning on taking a joint decision.
Jahangir Tareen group’S support in Punjab
Elahi said he spoke to Jahangir Tareen and that the disgruntled PTI leader had “resolved the issues” with him. ”The PML-Q leader said while Moonis Elahi was in London did not meet Tareen, but he spoke over the phone with he.
“Jahangir Tareen was undergoing laser therapy during that time […] although he (Moonis) did not meet him, a delegation met Moonis on on his behalf, ”Elahi said.
On PML-Q leader Tariq Basheer Cheema’s decision to vote in favor of the no-confidence motion, Elahi said he told the leadership it had been in the government because of them, but now he has decided to go against the party decision.
“Unfounded claims”
In response, PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb dismissed all claims of the PML-Q leader and called them “unfounded”.
“The statement of a 10 member party it is unfounded, there is not truth to it, “the PML-N spokesman said in a declaration.
Aurangzeb said the joint opposition had decided to do so give an offer to Elahi, but now he has turned it down.
