The Chheena group of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), under leadership of Ghazanfar Abbas Chheena, called on Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Parvez Elahi and formally announced supporting him for the post of the chief minister. The meeting was attended by Ghazanfar Abbas Chheena, Amir Inayat Shahani, Ali Raza Khan Khakwani, Ejaz Sultan Bandesha, Muhammad Ahsan Jahangir, Gulraiz Afzal Gondal, Khawaja Dawood Soleimani, Sardar Mohiud Din Khosa, Col Ghazanfar Abbas Shah, Timur Ali Lali, Sardar Shahab-ud-Din Sehhar, Faisal Farooq Cheema, Ejaz Khan and Ghulam Ali Asghar Khan Lahri. Parvez Elahi had met the Chheena group members for his support the other day. The group had asked for 24 hours to make up their mind, and in today’s meeting they formally announced support for Elahi. Meanwhile, a large number of MPAs also met Elahi, including Muhammad Basharat Raja, Hafiz Ammar Yasir, Chaudhry Zaheerud Din, Dr Muhammad Afzal, Ehsanul Haq, Muneeb Sultan Cheema, Mahindra Pall Singh, Uzma Kardar, Abdullah Yusuf Warraich, Bao Rizwan, Shaukat Ali Lalika, Hashim Dogar, Momina Waheed, Sardar Asif Nakai, Mian Shafi Mohammad, Sabin Gul, Pir Syed Saeed Al Hassan Shah, Mian Aslam Iqbal, Yawar Abbas Bukhari, Hashim Jawan Bakht, Tariq Tarar, Mohsin Leghari, Owais Dareshk and Mian Akhtar Hayat. On the other hand, PTI’s disgruntled leader Jahangir Tareen and PML-N leader Ishaq Dar reportedly met at a hotel in London in the presence of two unidentified persons. According to a private news channel, the PTI leader’s son, Ali Tareen, was also seen in the same hotel around the time of the meeting. It said the leaders held talks for around two hours, had snacks, and then left.
