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Blow to Parvez Elahi: ECP declares Chaudhry Shujaat as PML-Q president
Shujaat had approached ECP after a CWC meeting removed him as PML-Q president.
Shujaat was removed in a meeting chaired by Senator Kamil Ali Agha last July.
ECP after hearing the plea reserved the verdict in the case on Aug 18, 2022.
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday declared Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain as the president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q).

The ECP announced its verdict on a petition filed by the former prime minister amid ongoing tussle with his cousin Parvez Elahi over party leadership.

Elahi, the former chief minister of Punjab, had orchestrated the removal of Shujaat as party president.

In July of last year, PML-Q's Central Working Committee (CWC) decided to release Shujaat from the duties of party president, citing health concerns.

The decision to remove Shujaat from the party command was taken at a CWC meeting headed by Senator Kamil Ali Agha.

“It has become necessary to isolate Ch Shujaat to save the party from destruction,” said Kamil Ali Agha while talking to the media after the CWC meeting.

The meeting had also decided to oust Federal Minister Tariq Bashir Cheema from the party, The News had reported.

Back then, the CWC also constituted an election body to hold intra-party polls.

However, Shujaat approached the ECP over the matter and it had retained the former prime minister as the president of the party till the petition was dealt with.

The electoral body after hearing the plea reserved the verdict in the case on August 18, 2022.


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