Party politics: Jhagra being wooed by both ANP, PPP
PTI indifferent, says it has ‘heard rumours’ of departure.
PESHAWAR:
There are many speculations about whether senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Iftikhar Khan Jhagra will join the Awami National Party (ANP) or his former party, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
Jhagra, a former member of the PPP’s central executive committee (CEC), resigned from the party on November 26 last year and with much fanfare joined the PTI. The ceremony was also attended by PTI Chairman Imran Khan.
One source close to Jhagra said that he was being ‘wooed’ by both the PPP and ANP. He also mentioned that Jhagra had scheduled a meeting with PPP’s Provincial President Anwar Saifullah Khan on Saturday, but it has been cancelled due to Saifullah’s prior engagements.
It was hinted that Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti will be visiting Jhagra in his village to try and convince him to join the ANP instead.
However, PPP Deputy Information Secretary Gohar Inqilabi told The Express Tribune that Jhagra has already made his decision. “Everything has been settled and Jhagra will announce his decision to join the PPP next week,” he said, adding that he has not set any demands to rejoin.
Gohar was also hopeful that many others were likely to join the PPP within the coming days, but was not keen on revealing names.
Jhagra, however, was not available for comments.
PTI, however, had acted indifferently to the news of Jhagra’s departure. According to a senior party leader, they have ‘heard rumours’ that he’s leaving. However, he said that if Jhagra leaves PTI “it will prove that he was here for positions and when he did not get them, he left.”
Published in The Express Tribune, December 2nd, 2012.
There are many speculations about whether senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Iftikhar Khan Jhagra will join the Awami National Party (ANP) or his former party, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
Jhagra, a former member of the PPP’s central executive committee (CEC), resigned from the party on November 26 last year and with much fanfare joined the PTI. The ceremony was also attended by PTI Chairman Imran Khan.
One source close to Jhagra said that he was being ‘wooed’ by both the PPP and ANP. He also mentioned that Jhagra had scheduled a meeting with PPP’s Provincial President Anwar Saifullah Khan on Saturday, but it has been cancelled due to Saifullah’s prior engagements.
It was hinted that Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti will be visiting Jhagra in his village to try and convince him to join the ANP instead.
However, PPP Deputy Information Secretary Gohar Inqilabi told The Express Tribune that Jhagra has already made his decision. “Everything has been settled and Jhagra will announce his decision to join the PPP next week,” he said, adding that he has not set any demands to rejoin.
Gohar was also hopeful that many others were likely to join the PPP within the coming days, but was not keen on revealing names.
Jhagra, however, was not available for comments.
PTI, however, had acted indifferently to the news of Jhagra’s departure. According to a senior party leader, they have ‘heard rumours’ that he’s leaving. However, he said that if Jhagra leaves PTI “it will prove that he was here for positions and when he did not get them, he left.”
Published in The Express Tribune, December 2nd, 2012.