{"id":58954,"date":"2024-02-11T20:36:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T20:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pti-backed-independent-defects-to-pml-n-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-02-11T20:36:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T20:36:06","slug":"pti-backed-independent-defects-to-pml-n-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pti-backed-independent-defects-to-pml-n-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"PTI-backed independent defects to PML-N | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nLAHORE:
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In a major blow to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), its newly-elected independent National Assembly member from Lahore, Wasim Qadir, joined the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Qadir, who served as the General Secretary of PTI Lahore, met with PML-N Senior Vice President and Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz Sharif to formalise his switch, a day after three newly-elected independents joined the PML-N.<\/p>\n

During the meeting, also attended by prominent PML-N leader Malik Saiful Malook Khokhar, Qadir reposed his full confidence in the leadership of PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif. He said that his decision stemmed from extensive consultations with his constituents and close associates.<\/p>\n

Read more:\u00a0ECP stops announcements in 26 poll results<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Qadir, a PTI-backed independent candidate won the February 8 elections from NA-121, Lahore, securing 78,703 votes against PML-N\u2019s Sheikh Rohail Asghar, who bagged 70,597 votes. Previously, Qadir was the PTI secretary general for Lahore.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have returned my home for the development and progress of the people of my constituency. I have again joined PML-N,\u201d Qadir said in a video statement, shared by PML-N on its X handle. Maryam Nawaz Sharif welcomed Qadir’s decision.<\/p>\n

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LAHORE: In a major blow to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), its newly-elected independent National Assembly member from Lahore, Wasim Qadir, joined the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Saturday. Qadir, who served as the General Secretary of PTI Lahore, met with PML-N Senior Vice President and Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz Sharif to formalise his switch, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58955,"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.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/331707675567-0\/331707675567-0.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[203],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faisalabad-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58954","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=58954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}