{"id":47381,"date":"2024-01-13T12:04:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T12:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/panicked-by-n-decision-q-league-breaks-alliance\/"},"modified":"2024-01-13T12:04:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T12:04:05","slug":"panicked-by-n-decision-q-league-breaks-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/panicked-by-n-decision-q-league-breaks-alliance\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Panicked\u2019 by \u2018N\u2019 decision, Q-League breaks alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>LAHORE: Baffled by the PML-N decision of not \u2018honouring\u2019 the seat adjustment formula, PML-Q has accused the former of practising double standards and decided to go solo in the Feb 8 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Since PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1795742\">visited<\/a> PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Dec 6, there was a buzz that both parties would go into the polls as an alliance and the former would not field its candidates on four National Assembly and eight Punjab Assembly constituencies to keep the field open for PML-Q.<\/p>\n<p>However, PML-N only decided not to field its candidates against Chaudhry Shujaat\u2019s sons Chaudhry Salik Hussain and Chaudhry Shafay Hussain (in Gujrat), irking the Q-League.<\/p>\n<p>The PML-Q leaders immediately held a meeting and decided to break the electoral alliance with PML-N. However, the Sharifs are said to be trying to address their concerns.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"blockquote-level-1\">\n<p>\u2018Q\u2019 accuses PML-N of having double standards; \u2018N\u2019 trying to remove Chaudhrys\u2019 concerns<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Visibly perturbed over the new situation, Chaudhry Salik tweeted that \u201cthe PML-N should also issue its party tickets to its candidates against me and my brother Chaudhry Shafay Hussain as we are ready for the electoral clash without any seat adjustment with the PML-N\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PML-Q candidates are standing tall with the party and the party will reciprocate by standing with them and go ahead against the PML-N in elections,\u201d Mr Salik wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Giving details of the understanding, PML-Q Punjab general secretary Shafay Hussain recalled that senior leaders of the two parties had held detailed discussions on the issue and thrashed out all constituencies district-wise and agreed that PML-N would leave four NA and eight PA constituencies open for the Q-League but now it has backed out of the agreement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1805379\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe PML-N leaders\u2019 team comprising Rana Sanaullah, Ayaz Sadiq, Atta Tarar and Azam Nazir Tarar had committed to leave four NA and eight PA seats open, but the PML-N abruptly fielded its candidates on all the seats leaving our candidates shocked and alarmed,\u201d Mr Shafay said.<\/p>\n<p>Asserting that PML-N did not convey anything about its change of heart, Mr Shafay said that PML-Q candidates panicked and an impression seemed going down the party ranks that the Q-League leaders only entered into the deal for their personal benefit, which was not acceptable at all.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately, the PML-Q general secretary said, the party decided that all candidates, including those on hold, should gear up to contest the elections. He said the party might contest elections from at least 12 seats.<\/p>\n<p>He said Salik Hussain was running for an NA seat and he himself for a PA seat from Gujrat.<\/p>\n<p>He further said that PML-Q had identified seats for adjustment in Gujrat, Jhang, Sialkot and Bahawalpur.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the PML-Q \u2018threat\u2019 to sever the electoral alliance, PML-N deputy secretary general Attaullah Tarar said the party had approached the PML-Q and is trying to placate its leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAward of tickets is a difficult stage\u2026however, there has been no deadlock as we are positive that the concerns of the Q-League will be addressed and it will go along with the PML-N,\u201d he added. While PML-N has left two NA and as many PA seats open for PML-Q, a PML-N leader said Q-League leaders were demanding more seats for national and provincial assemblies, which in a current situation was not possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn comparison with the IPP, we have rather generously accommodated the PML-Q,\u201d a PML-N leader told <em>Dawn<\/em> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The PML-Q had not finalised its candidates to field in national and provincial assemblies\u2019 constituencies till the filing of this report late in the night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PML-Q candidates list is not finalised yet,\u201d Shafay Hussain told <em>Dawn<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Published in Dawn, January 13th, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Baffled by the PML-N decision of not \u2018honouring\u2019 the seat adjustment formula, PML-Q has accused the former of practising double standards and decided to go solo in the Feb 8 elections. Since PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif visited PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Dec 6, there was a buzz that both parties would go [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2024\/01\/130805081da8bd1.jpg?r=080653","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}