RAHIM YAR KHAN: In a recent development, two political figures have joined the PML-N.

PPP leader and former ticket-holder for NA-172 Mian Aamir Shahbaz expressed his confidence in the Sharifs during an interaction with media.

Shahbaz had joined PPP before 2018 general elections after ending his 12-year-long affiliation with the PML-N.Party’s Divisional Senior Vice-President Mian Khalid Shaheen told Dawn that

Mian Aamir Shahbaz was in touch with former PML-N MNA from Khanpur Sheikh Fayyazuddin who convinced Shahbaz to rejoin the PML-N.

Shaheen said Shahbaz would be District General Secretary of the party for his unconditional joining the PML-N, replacing former PML-N MNA Mian Imtiaz Ahmed.

Shaheen said former chairman of RYK Municipal Committee Mian Ijaz Aamir who has filed his nomination papers for PP-262 as an independent candidate retired on Friday in favour of PML-N candidate Omar Jaffar.

Omar Jaffar is the son of former national assembly deputy speaker Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal Gujjar and former special assistant to prime minister. According to Shaheen, due to Gujjar family’s old affaliation with Nawaz Sharif, the MPL-N has granted it four open and special seat tickets to Omar Jaffar, Eshrat Ashraf, Zaib Jaffar and Nasreen Riaz Gujjar.

Published in Dawn, January 13th, 2024