Political end of PML-N is near: Elahi

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Q senior central leader and former deputy Prime Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has said that political end of Punjab chief minister is near.

He stated this while talking to a delegation of renowned lawyers and political figures who called on him under leadership of Ch Arif Sindhu advocate and Shahadat Ali Bhatti advocate at his residence here Thursday and announced joining the PML-Q along with large number of their colleagues and supporters.

The delegation included Ch Afzal Ali Sindhu, Amjad Iqbal Sindhu, Anjum Farooq, Muhammad Afzal Shehzad and Nabeel Khan among others while Kamil Ali Agha, Mian Imran Masood and Arif Gondal were also present on the occasion.

Welcoming the lawyers and others into the party fold, Ch Pervaiz Elahi said the CM cannot cheat the people, everyone knows the projects which he is inaugurating those were started during my chief minister-ship and were almost complete, but Shahbaz Sharif after coming into power out of enmity with me and because of his vindictive nature instead of making these functional stopped these project even also tried in vain to close down Rescue 1122, patrolling police and other public welfare projects.

He said the PML-Q is making full preparations for the general elections and a strategy has been given final touches in this regard. Ch Arif Sindhu said that development and welfare works of Ch Pervaiz Elahi tenure are being remembered today, works undertaken in Punjab during his rule are unprecedented and unparalleled, people now do not believe in false promises of N-League as enmity of its leadership towards country and people has been fully exposed, during 10 years rule in Punjab they have done no worthwhile work in health, education, law and order and other important sectors except false claims and entire country and Punjab have been put under billions of dollars foreign debt.