Coalition politics: PML-Q to join K-P govt this week
Party to reorganise itself, hold conventions throughout the province.
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), a coalition partner of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), is going to join the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government this week.
The decision was taken by the party leadership after former federal minister and party’s president of K-P chapter Amir Muqam left the party.
PML-Q Senator Kamil Ali Agha told The Express Tribune that the party had informed the federal government about its decision. “We had a standing offer from the federal government, but could not join the K-P government due to the concerns of our former provincial president Amir Muqam,” he said. Senator Agha said that modalities of a coalition with ANP are being worked out, which will be completed in a few days.
The PML-Q has seven members in the K-P Assembly and is planning to reorganise itself and hold party conventions throughout the province. The party is a coalition partner of the PPP at the centre, as well as in Sindh and Balochistan.
Earlier, the K-P chapter of the party had adopted a resolution mandating its former provincial president Amir Maqum to form a new faction of the party. It led PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain to dissolve the party’s K-P wing, but then Muqam announced to join the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
On Saturday, Chaudhry Shujaat presided over a meeting of the party’s K-P chapter where members from the province reposed their confidence in his leadership through a resolution. The participants also vowed to distance themselves from those who had violated the party discipline.
During the meeting, Shujaat referred to the reservations of Muqam for the PML-Q’s decision of not joining the government in K-P.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 2nd, 2012.
Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), a coalition partner of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), is going to join the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government this week.
The decision was taken by the party leadership after former federal minister and party’s president of K-P chapter Amir Muqam left the party.
PML-Q Senator Kamil Ali Agha told The Express Tribune that the party had informed the federal government about its decision. “We had a standing offer from the federal government, but could not join the K-P government due to the concerns of our former provincial president Amir Muqam,” he said. Senator Agha said that modalities of a coalition with ANP are being worked out, which will be completed in a few days.
The PML-Q has seven members in the K-P Assembly and is planning to reorganise itself and hold party conventions throughout the province. The party is a coalition partner of the PPP at the centre, as well as in Sindh and Balochistan.
Earlier, the K-P chapter of the party had adopted a resolution mandating its former provincial president Amir Maqum to form a new faction of the party. It led PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain to dissolve the party’s K-P wing, but then Muqam announced to join the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
On Saturday, Chaudhry Shujaat presided over a meeting of the party’s K-P chapter where members from the province reposed their confidence in his leadership through a resolution. The participants also vowed to distance themselves from those who had violated the party discipline.
During the meeting, Shujaat referred to the reservations of Muqam for the PML-Q’s decision of not joining the government in K-P.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 2nd, 2012.