LAHORE: The Chief Minister of Punjab Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has said that his son Moonis Elahi wanted the PMLQ to merge with the PTI.
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His statement came two days after PTI Chief Imran Khan expressed desire that the PTI and the PML-Q should become a single political entity. The two parties have been coalition partners in Punjab and the center after the 2018 general elections.
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Talking to media after his meeting with PTI Chairman Imran Khan, CM Punjab was asked whether he would be contesting the next elections on the PTI’s election symbol or on his own party’s platform, to which he revealed that consultations were already under way on possible merger of the PMLQ with the PTI.
It may be added here that Ch Parvez Elahi’s son Moonis Elahi had been an ardent supporter of the PTI-PML-Q merger since the two parties formed a political alliance in the center and Punjab.
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Responding to questions, he said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PMLQ) had finalised three names — Ahmed Nawaz Sukhera, Naseer Ahmad Khan and Nasir Saeed Khosa — for the post of caretaker chief minister in Punjab.
