LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party suffered a setback on Tuesday as itscandidate for NA-124 Chaudhry Zaheer ud Din announced joinining PTI andwithdrew himself from the poll race.

He announced joining PTI in the presence of former Punjab Governor ChaudhrySarwar who played a main role in convincing the PPP ticket holder to joinPTI. PTI candidate for NA-124 Nauman Qaiser was also present on theoccasion.

Slamming the PPP Lahore chapter led by Haji Aziz ur Rehman Chan, ChaudhryZaheer said that he ran his election campaign with devotion but the localorganisation continued conspiring against him. He was of the view that thePPP Lahore president was a relative of Sharif family and he was extendingunderhand support to PML-N.

Chaudhry Zaheer also alleged the PPP Lahore organisational head changed theroute of the procession of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and hisprocession didn’t pass through Bhati Gate, a part of NA-124 consituencywhere the workers from three constituencies; including NA-123, NA-124 andNA-125; had planned to accord a warm welcome to him.

He said time and again he tried to meet Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to expresshis concern but he wasn’t given time. He said he would now stand by PTI andhis supporters would work wholeheartedly to defeat Hamza Shabaz Sharif inNA-124.