ISLAMABAD: Soon after becoming chief minister of Punjab, Chaudhary Pervez Elahi and his like-minded in PML-Q have removed Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Tariq Bashir Cheema from the party’s leadership roles.
The central working committee of the PML-Q removed both the leaders from their party positions with effect from July 28. Senator Kamil Ali Agha chaired the meeting of the committee.
The committee was of the viewpoint that the PML-Q chief was unable to take prudent party decisions owing to his ill health and the latter was conspiring against and using the party for his personal interests.
The PML-Q committee meeting held under the chairmanship of Senator Kamil Ali Agha decided to hold fresh elections for top party positions within 10 days. It constituted a five-member election commission and appointed the party lawyers’ wing acting president, Jahangir A Jhoja, as the election commissioner, Dawn.com reported today.
Chaudhary Salik Hussain, a senior PML-Q leader, however, rejected the decisions of the committee claiming that irrelevant people have participated in the meeting.
Meanwhile, a statement issued by a party spokesman in Islamabad said that no decision was taken to call the party’s CWC meeting. “Senator Agha is the party’s Punjab chapter general secretary and his is not empowered to take any decision against the party president,” the spokesman stated.
Citing the PML-Q constitution, the spokesman said no party meeting could be called without the consultation and will of the party president.
