Former MNA Hussain Elahi quits PTI, rejoins PML-Q

LONDON: Former Member of National Assembly (MNA) Hussain Elahi announced to quit Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and rejoin Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), ARY News reported.

As per details, Wajahat Hussain’s son Hussain Elahi said that May 9 violence was intolerable and as a result, the coalition with PTI is now ended.

He said that PML-Q president Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain is their elder and his father Wajahat Hussain brought him to politics so he is bound to abide by his decision.

Earlier, his father and former minister Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain announced that he was withdrawing his support for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Pervaiz Elahi over May 9 violence.

Addressing a press conference in Lahore, Wajahat Hussain strongly condemned the May 9 events, wherein the military installations including Corps Commander House Lahore attacked, saying that he and his son – Chaudhry Hussain Elahi – have left the PTI.

May 9 events

Violent clashes broke out across Pakistan after former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan was arrested from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday.

The protests were held in remote and major cities as the party workers are agitated due to their chairman’s arrest, with Balochistan, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Islamabad summoning the armed forces to ensure law and order.

Army installations and Corps Commander’s house in Lahore came under attack during a protest of PTI workers.