ISLAMABAD: PML-Q leaders Tariq Bashir Cheema and Chaudhry Salik Hussain have termed Chaudhary Pervaiz Elahi’s move to reelect party’s leadership as unconstitutional and illegal.
Addressing media here in Islamabad on Thursday, Tariq Bashir Cheema said decisions regarding the leadership of party will be made in Party’s General Council meeting that will be held soon with Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain in the chair. He said Pervaiz Elahi cannot change the leadership of the party single handedly as the final decision regarding party’s head will be announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.
Chaudhry Salik Hussain said under the constitution of the party only Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain can make final decision. After the emergence of apparent differences within the party ranks, the PML-Q General Council on Thursday removed Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain as the party chief.
The decision was made during a consultative meeting of the party held at Pakistan Muslim League House in Lahore. Brother of Shujaat Hussain, Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain, has been given the command of the PML-Q. The meeting also removed Shujaat’s close aide, Tariq Bashir Cheema, and selected Kamil Ali Agha as the central secretary-general of the party.