PML-N to give Talal Senate ticket

Sanaullah tells him he has not been ignored

LAHORE:

The PML-N has decided to give a Senate ticket to Talal Chaudhry for his unwavering support for the party in difficult times.

According to sources, PML-N Punjab President Rana Sanaullah conveyed the party leadership’s decision to Talal.

Sanaullah informed Talal that the party had chosen him for a slot in the upper house of parliament.

In a conversation with Talal, Sanaullah said his contribution and sacrifices played a major role in the ouster of the “anti-people” government.

He continued the PML-N appreciated his sacrifices and love, which the party could never forget.

According to the sources, Sanaullah told Talal that not giving him a National Assembly ticket did not mean the party had ignored him but decided to make him a senator.

The PML-N has announced the names of its candidates for seats in the National Assembly and provincial legislatures for the next general elections.

However, the party’s important leaders including Daniyal Aziz and Talal Chaudhry were not given a ticket for any seat of these seats.

On August 2, 2023, the five-year disqualification period of both the PML-N leaders had come to an end.

On August 2, 2018, the Supreme Court had handed down the sentence to both Daniyal and Talal in a contempt of court case.

The then premier Shehbaz Sharif had congratulated both Talal and Daniyal on the conclusion of their sentences in a social media post.

"The darkness of negative actions taken by enemies of Pakistan's prosperity and progress during the past years is dissipating,” the premier wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

"I extend my appreciation to those leaders of PML-N who stood firm alongside the party and its supreme leader, Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, despite the hardships, and remained steadfast," he added.

PMLN Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz Sharif said the party was proud of Talal.

“Courage and conviction do not always roar, sometimes they’re personified by people like you. You stand tall.

Taller than those who victimised you. They are relegated to the dustbins of ugly history while you are the present and the future, Insha’Allah,” she wrote on X.

The sources said the party leadership had decided that former party MPA, Malik Muhammad Nawaz, would be chosen for the slot of the Faisalabad mayor.