LAHORE – As the differences within the Chaudhry family widen further, thePakistan Muslim League–Quaid (PML-Q) general council on Thursday “removed”Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain as president of the party.
A meeting of the general council was held at the Pakistan Muslim LeagueHouse situated at Davis Road in Lahore where former Punjab chief ministerChaudhry Parvez Elahi and his like-minded party leaders were present.
The council has decided to appoint Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain as the partychief while Kamil Ali Agha has been named as central secretary general toreplace Tariq Bashir Cheema.
Meanwhile, Federal Minister for Investments Chaudhry Salik Hussain, the sonof Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, rejected the development. He said ShujaatHussain is constitutionally and legally president of the party and “thistruth cannot be denied by hold fake meeting of the council general”.
The development comes more than a week after Chaudhry Shujaat Hussainsuspended the membership of Elahi over his statement about merging thePML-Q with the PTI. The then-party president also issued a show causenotice to the former chief minister on his statement, stating: “Your[Elahi] party membership is suspended until the explanation”.
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In July last year, a bid was also made to remove Shujaat and Cheema fromtheir positions and hold fresh intra-patry elections. However, Shujaatmoved the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) which barred the PML-Q fromholding intra-party polls.
The differences within the party started emerging since Parvez Elahi andhis son Moonis Elahi-led faction decided to side with PTI chief Imran Khanand form government in Punjab.