Aleem Khan group’s MPAs refuse to vote for Pervaiz Elahi

Islamabad: After suffering a major setback ahead of the no-confidence motion as its ally MQM-P decided to part ways and join the Opposition, the ruling PTI suffered another blow at the provincial level as members of the Aleem Khan group refused to vote for Prime Minister Imran Khan’s nominee for Punjab chief minister — Pervaiz Elahi.

According to a statement issued by Aleem Khan, the members of the disgruntled group have decided not to cast votes in favour of the PML-Q leader.

Recalling the words PM Imran Khan earlier used for Elahi, the group’s spokesperson Khalid Mehmood said that for the last four years, the PTI-led government had imposed “useless and a coward” Usman Buzdar as the chief minister and “now they want to appoint Pervaiz Elahi”.

“This is unacceptable,” he said as the two disgruntled groups — Jahangir Tareen group and Aleen Khan group — convened a meeting to review the changing political situation in Punjab.

Two days ago, a delegation of PTI had met the top brass of PML-Q where PM Imran Khan offered Elahi the position of chief minister in place of Buzdar.