ISLAMABAD: Senior leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Nadeem Afzal Chan is likely to join the Pakistan Tehreek-e- Insaf on April 25.
A close aide of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Chan is the latest to jump ship after many other stalwarts from the party joined the PTI recently.
According to a statement issued by the PTI, Mr Chan has held a meeting with Imran Khan at Banigala and invited him to visit his residence on April 25.
The statement said, Jahangir Khan Tareen, Shah Mehmood Qureshi were also present during the meeting.
The statement said the PPP leader has accepted invitation to join the PTI and he would announce his decision on April 25th .
The party is going through the worst crisis of its history in Punjab as it has lost most of the by-elections recently held in the province.
Earlier, Firdos Ashiq Awan, Nazr Gondal and many other left the PPP to join the Imran Khan led party.,
Reports about Chan joining the PTI has been doing the rounds for the last few months .
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