Tag: JKT group

  • PML-N supporter, PTI dissident leader Raja Riaz becomes opposition leader to PML-N led govt

    PML-N supporter, PTI dissident leader Raja Riaz becomes opposition leader to PML-N led govt

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) dissident leader Raja Riaz Ahmad has become the Leader of the Opposition in the lower house of Parliament, with the support of 16 lawmakers, following the withdrawal of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q)’s Moonis Elahi.

    Speaker National Assembly (NA) Raja Pervaiz Ashraf issued notification of Riaz as being elected as the Opposition leader.

    Earlier, Moonis Elahi withdrew his candidature as the Opposition leader, paving the way for a one-on-one contest between Ghous Bakhsh Mahar and Riaz.

    In 2016, Raja Riaz quit the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) after he decided to join PTI.

    Riaz, who switched sides from PTI during the vote of no-confidence against the then Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan, had previously announced that he would contest the next general election on the ticket of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).

    The Opposition leader’s seat fell vacant after Shehbaz Sharif was elected prime minister following the ouster of Imran Khan through a no-confidence motion vote.

  • Nawaz and Aleem decide to work together: Jahangir Tareen ka kya banega?

    Nawaz and Aleem decide to work together: Jahangir Tareen ka kya banega?

    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif and disgruntled Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Aleem Khan have reportedly met in London.

    As per media reports, Aleem met Nawaz on Wednesday for three hours. Former finance minister Ishaq Dar and Nawaz Sharif’s sons also attended the meeting.

    Sources privy to the matter have revealed that Nawaz and Khan have decided to work together.

    Aleem left for London on Wednesday to meet Jahangir Khan Tareen and Nawaz Sharif. It was reported that Aleem would discuss the future course of action with Tareen for the group as the Opposition has submitted the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan.

    Moreover, reports of differences between the Tareen group and Aleem Khan have also come to the surface.

    In a report published in The News, it was revealed: “Jahangir Khan Tareen is avoiding meeting Aleem Khan because he is facing pressure from some hard-line members of his group. As such, there has been no contact between Jahangir Tareen and Aleem Khan. The hard-line members of the Tareen group believe that joining hands with the Aleem Khan group was tantamount to hijacking the Tareen group.”

  • Reuniting and it feels so good: Aleem Khan to go to London to meet Jahangir Tareen

    Reuniting and it feels so good: Aleem Khan to go to London to meet Jahangir Tareen

    

    Top leaders of the disgruntled Jahangir Khan Tareen (JKT) group are going to London to meet Jahangir Khan Tareen, who is there for medical treatment, including newly-joined member of the party, Aleem Khan.
    

    Former Special Coordinator to Chief Minister (CM) Punjab on Political Affairs, Awn Chaudhry, who was also a close confidante of PM Khan, has said that Aleem Khan will meet Jahangir Tareen after his next medical examination.
    

    Earlier, it was reported that Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has dispatched Sindh Governor Imran Ismail to Lahore to pacify Aleem Khan.
    

    As per recent reports, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Governor Shah Farman went to meet Aleem Khan at his residence to convince the leader to support the incumbent government. 
    

    On Monday, Aleem Khan formally joined Jahangir Tareen’s disgruntled group in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Aleem said the aim is to “save” the party after “loyalists who had been integral in PTI’s 10-year struggle were sidelined without any reason” from the ruling party.
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    CM Buzdar to meet JKT group today
    
			
    CM Buzdar to meet JKT group today
    
			
    Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar will meet members of the Jahangir Khan Tareen (JKT) group today to hear their grievances.
    

    Talking to the media, Punjab MPA and JKT group member Nazir Chohan said they would meet the chief minister and tell him about his “faults”.
    

    “The purpose of our meeting is the betterment of the province. Punjab’s affairs are being run by the bureaucracy.” Chohan added that while the MPAs have elected Buzdar as the chief minister, he did not get them elected.
    

    Earlier, PTI MNA Raja Riaz had claimed that CM Buzdar is ready to address the reservations of the Tareen group.
    

    Riaz claimed CM House Punjab had contacted him and said that he expects to meet the chief minister soon.
    

    These development come after Jahangir Tareen announced that his supporters had decided to form a separate group after the Punjab government initiated vindictive actions against them. However, he clarified that this was not a forward bloc and all members of the JKT group are still part of PTI.