ISLAMABAD, April 12: PML-Q has again contacted former president Asif Ali Zardari seeking People’s Party’s support in the election of Chief Minister of Punjab.
PML-Q MNAs Tariq Bashir Cheema and Salik Hussain have contacted the PPP co-chairman and delivered a message from Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Pervaiz Elahi for support in the chief minister’s election, sources said.
It is pertinent to mention here that PML-Q’s Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has been pitched against the PML-N’s Hamza Shehbaz in the upcoming election of the chief minister Punjab, the Pakistan’s largest province. PPP leader while smiling on the request avoided to give any reply to the PML-Q leaders’, sources said. According to sources, PML-Q leaders have also made individual contacts with the PPP members of Punjab Assembly, who replied that any decision will be taken by Asif Ali Zardari. PML-Q delegation took their leave after congratulating Asif Ali Zardari over success of the no-confidence motion. Meanwhile, People’s Party Punjab parliamentary leader Hassan Murtaza has denied any contact made by the PML-Q . – DNA