President of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, has stated that his cousin, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, had given him the go-ahead to me to join the PTI, Geo has reported.
“Chaudhry Shujaat himself sent me to PTI,” the former Punjab chief minister said on Wednesday at a local court in Islamabad.
According to Elahi, PTI Chief Imran Khan pledged to name him party president in recognition of efforts made during difficult times for the party.
Elahi, currently facing several cases including ones relating to corruption charges, attack on the judicial complex, has been behind bars for months as liberty eludes him every time he gets released from custody.
He was detained by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Tuesday, shortly after being released by the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) police on the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) ruling. He had been detained numerous times during the previous few months.
“Shujaat Hussain did not join PTI due to [his son] Salik Hussain because he was very fond of becoming a minister,” Elahi said.
Shujaat and Pervez had spent their entire political careers as a duo before breaking up to go their own ways in 2022.
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