PML-Q demands governorship of Punjab: Sources

PML-Q proposes name of Maqsood Leghari as Governor. Final decision to join PPP-led government to be taken on April 25.

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League - Quaid (PML-Q) on Thursday demanded the governorship of Punjab as a condition for joining the government.

According to sources, the PML-Q has proposed the name of Maqsood Leghari as Governor of Punjab. Leghari has also reportedly met the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leadership in Islamabad.

The PML-Q has agreed to join the PPP-led government, but a final decision will be taken at the party’s general council meeting in Islamabad on April 25, sources said.

The PPP has begun wooing major political parties to form a stable, broad-based government ahead of next year’s Senate elections.

The PML-Q’s wish-list also includes half a dozen ministries in the federal cabinet and some assurances on politics in Punjab where it is facing serious threats from the PML-N. Other demands include the disqualification of the breakaway ‘unification bloc’ and accommodation in the Senate elections.

The government has planned expansion in the cabinet in two phases. In the first phase, it wants to induct some PPP members in the cabinet while in the second phase its potential allies would be accommodated.