After closing the Khyber-Pakthunkhwa chapter of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), party chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain reassured a meeting of party workers, representatives and lawmakers that the party would be reorganised “very soon” along democratic lines.
The meeting, held in Islamabad, appears to be a face-saving measure after the closure of the party’s K-P chapter cost them the support of Amir Muqam. During the meeting, Shujaat also promised to hold party conventions in cities across the province.
Stressing that the PML-Q was a coalition partner of the government in the centre as well as in Sindh and Balochistan, he said the party was contemplating joining the K-P government as well. Hussain maintained that early attempts to partner with the K-P government were stalled due to stubbornness on Muqam’s part. Criticising his recent departure for Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), Hussain said it was proof that he did not deserve the stature his party had allowed him. Senior federal minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, in his address to the meeting, also indulged in criticising Muqam. He claimed the former PML-Q stalwart had fallen from grace and said time would tell whether his decision to switch allegiances was the right move for his political career. Decrying party ‘deserters’, Elahi urged fellow members to place faith in the party leadership and not pay heed to ‘gossip’.
Taking his cue, Adviser to the Prime Minister Syed Qasim Shah presented a resolution to affirm faith in Shujaat’s leadership, seconded by the participants through a show of hands.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 1st, 2012.
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