14 ex-ministers to join Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD: In first major shift on ground, 14 ex-ministers have announced intention to join Imran Khans 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 PPPs 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.
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