Jahangir Tareen forms committee to rope in PTI defectors
Pakistan
Three members of PTI's Hashim Dogar group join Tareen
LAHORE (Dunya News) – PTI's disgruntled leader Jahangir Tareen on Tuesday formed a three-member committee to rope in defectors as he is set to launch a new political party.
The committee comprising Awn Chaudhry, Sardar Tanvir Ilyas and Ishaq Khakwani will invitate PTI defectors to join Mr Tareen’s political group.
Meanwhile, three members of PTI’s “Hashim Dogar group” on Tuesday joined PTI disgruntle leader Jahangir Tareen’s political camp. They include Raja Yawar Kamal, Mamoon Tarar, and Rai Aslam.
The committee decided to contact important figures from KP, including former party president Parvez Khattak and others. Former PTI senior vice president Fawad Chaudhry and Firdous Ashiq Awan had already held meetings with Mr Tareen.
Earlier, ex-PTI general secretary Asad Umar said he was not in contact with Mr Tareen but was in touch with Mr Chaudhry.
A group of former PTI leaders including Mr Chaudhry, earlier, paid PTI vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi a visit in Adiala Jail to discuss political situation and recent crisis in the PTI ranks.
On Saturday, former MPA Niaz Gishkori joined Mr Tareen’s faction. Mr Gishkori announced the decision after meeting Mr Tareen at his Lahore office.
Following the massive defections by the PTI leaders, Mr Tareen had arrived in Lahore on June 1 to cobble a new party, thus raising the political temperature in Punjab. After a series of crucial meetings with influential personalities in the federal capital, Islamabad, Mr Tareen made his way to Lahore by a special aircraft.
