PML-Q's former K-P president Ameer Muqam to join PML-N ‘soon’

Muqam said that he will announce his decision at a press conference in Peshawar.

LAHORE: In the aftermath of Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain's move to dissolve the party's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa wing, former provincial president Ameer Muqam announced on Wednesday that he will join Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) "soon".

He announced the decision in a meeting with PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif at his residence in Raiwind.

Other PML-N members present included Shahbaz Sharif, Zafar Jhagra, Sardar Mehtab Khan Abbasi, Fareed Toofan and party’s K-P president Pir Sabir Shah. Muqam said that he will announce his decision at a press conference “soon” in Peshawar.

In the meeting, he briefed Nawaz about his reservations over Hussain’s decision to dissolve the K-P wing of the party, after which Nawaz formally offered him to become a member of PML-N.

Hussain had announced his decision after a consultative meeting with senior party leaders, including those from K-P on Tuesday. They had decided to form a temporary organising committee for three months.

Muqam had said that by successfully fighting elections against other provincial political rivals he had proven himself and that 98% of the PML-Q political workers of K-P were with him.

He added that the step taken by Hussain was against the constitution of the party.