ISLAMABAD: In first major shift on ground, 14 ex-ministers have announced intention to join Imran Khan’s PTI.
The
14 ministers include Jehangir Khan Tareen, former minister for
industries, production and special initiative, reported a private TV
channel.
Tareen is in London these days. He told the news
channel over the phone that he had informed Imran Khan about the names
of his group intending to join his party. Among the others who are
joining the PTI include Awais Leghari, Ghulam Sarwar Khan, Ishaq
Khakwani, Jamal Leghari and Sardar Tufail.
Most of the 14 former
ministers seeking to join the PTI had been members of the PML-Q.They
would formally announce their joining after Eid.
Reports
indicate that former foreign minister and PPP’s leader Shah Mehmood
Qureshi is undecided on joining the PTI or not. It is said that Qureshi
would more likely announce the decision as an individual, and not a
group.
PTI chief Imran Khan, who has taken aback political
stalwarts with his impressive rally in Lahore, had disclosed yesterday
that 60 per cent of parliamentarians wanted to join his party. Online
