LAHORE: PML N leaders Talal Chaudhry and Maryam Aurangzeb who areconsidered close to Maryam Nawaz have rejected Shahbaz Sharif orders andlashed out at the party defectors today.

Earlier Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif haddirected his party members to refrain from issuing statements against theones deserting the PML-N.

Shehbaz, in a statement issued Monday, directed ministers andofficer-bearers of the PML-N to not issue any statement regarding the onesswitching their loyalties.

He stated that a party meeting would soon be called over the defections inthe PML-N.

After consultation, efforts would be made to hold meetings with disgruntledmembers and address their reservations, the party president said.

The statement by the PML-N president came hours after eight more PML-Nlawmakers announced quitting the ruling party.

Those deserting the PML-N included 6 MNAs and 2 MPAs, who announced tolaunch of a mass movement for making southern Punjab a separate province.

“The purpose of the press conference is to announce the movement JunoobiPunjab Suba Mahaaz to create a new province,” MNA Khusro Bakhtiar said,while addressing a press conference in Lahore along with other disgruntledleaders.