LAHORE – As the Sharif brothers land in jail the elected local governmentrepresentatives of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have startedcontacts with PTI leadership.
Atleast 13 district council chairmen joining the ruling PTI,” many morehave contacted the PTI leadership.
Sources said that the present district and union council assemblies had alot of time to complete their constitutional tenure and the ruling PTI alsowanted that the assemblies completed their legal term.
“The chairmen from various other district and union councils of Punjab havealso contacted Senior Minister Abdul Aleem Khan, who assured to return themtheir authority and funds,” they said.
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When asked about the identities of the chairmen who plan to join the rulingparty, sources said they did not want to be named as of yet as all thechairmen wanted to settle their unfinished businesses first and later makethe announcement themselves.
Sources were of the view that during the tenure of the PML-N government,the chairmen from different district and union councils were usually seenprotesting while demanding funds and authority, but now they had beenassured by the senior minister that PTI government would empower them asthey were in military dictator Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf’s regime.