*ISLAMABAD: PTI chairman Imran Khan has suddenly left Lahore for Islamabadstirring speculation in the media.*
*He suspended his planned political engagements in Lahore and left forIslamabad to get what he called a big wicket.*
He was in Lahore to open the second phase of PTI’s membership drive fromthe Data shrine.
“God willing, a big wicket is going to fall and for this I am going toIslamabad,” Khan told SAMAA Tuesday before his departure to the federalcapital.
The announcement comes amid speculations that disgruntled PML-N leaderChaudhry Nisar is likely to join Imran Khan’s party.
میڈیا پر چوہدری نثار کی تحریک انصاف میں شمولیت سے متعلق خبریں قبل از وقتہیں، ابھی تک اس شمولیت کی تصدیق نہیں کی جا سکتی۔
— Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 24, 2018link>
However, PTI spokesman Fawad Chaudhry said it was premature to confirmNisar’s joining.