Former prime minister and PMLQ Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain issued a show-cause notice to the party’s Punjab president and Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi over his media statements about the party’s merger with PTI and has suspended his basic party membership till his reply to the notice.
The decision in this regard was taken in a party meeting with Ch Shujaat Hussain in the chair. The PMLQ president was of the opinion that the party’s provincial president could not take any decision about merger with any other party. Later, he issued a show-cause notice to Ch Parvez Elahi, terming his media statements an ‘illegal act’ and asked him to submit a reply in seven days.
PMLQ President Ch Shujaat Hussain has also convened the party’s general council meeting on January 26 in which consultations on party affairs would be held and the party’s future line of action would be decided.
Meanwhile, a consultative meeting of the electoral college of PMLQ was held under the chair of Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi.
There was a detailed consultation regarding the merger with PTI. The meeting expressed full confidence in the leadership of Chaudhry Parvez Elahi and the authority of all decisions was also given to him. It was decided to further extend the consultation process and party office bearers will also be consulted at the district level.