ISLAMABAD – More than 15 disgruntled lawmakers from south Punjab, who quitPakistan Muslim league-Nawaz (PML-N) few weeks ago, are all set to joinPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

According to PTI spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry, the lawmakers from SouthPunjab will officially announce their union with the party soon. Themembers will hold a joint presser with PTI Chief Imran Khan tomorrow, localmedia reported.

PML-N leader Khusro Bakhtiar along with lawmakers including Members ofNational Assembly and Members of Parliament of the PML-N will join PTI.

Vowing to make south Punjab a separate province, several PML-N lawmakersquit the party on April 9. The senior leaders included Bakhtiar, TariqIqbal, Rana Muhammad Qasim and Basit Bukhari.

The former PML-N leaders announced that they were leaving the party andclaimed that their one-point agenda is the creation of a separate provincefor southern Punjab.

The PTI chief had voiced his support for a separate south Punjab provinceand said that the senior leaders who have parted ways with PML-N have aright to demand for a new province.