{"id":59058,"date":"2024-02-12T04:10:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T04:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/half-dozen-independents-join-pml-n\/"},"modified":"2024-02-12T04:10:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T04:10:06","slug":"half-dozen-independents-join-pml-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/half-dozen-independents-join-pml-n\/","title":{"rendered":"Half dozen independents join PML-N"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>LAHORE: The concerns over PTI\u2019s success in keeping intact its candidates who won as independents materialised on Sunday as one of the winners joined PML-N.<\/p>\n<p>The wheeling and dealing has intensified as PML-N, and PPP, are making hectic efforts to woo independent members-elect to improve their tally of total National and provincial assembly seats.<\/p>\n<p>So far, six independent MNAs-elect, including PTI-backed Waseem Qadir from NA-121 (Lahore-V), have joined PML-N.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Qadir \u2014 a former PML-N MPA and ex-deputy mayor of Lahore, who had joined the PTI in December 2018 \u2014 called on PML-N chief organiser Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Sunday and joined the party.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"blockquote-level-1\">\n<p>Waseem Qadir, MNA-elect from NA-121 says \u2018he returned home\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI have returned to my home,\u201d Mr Qadir was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, Raja Khurram Nawaz from NA-48, Barrister Aqeel from NA-54, Pir Zahoor Hussain Qureshi from NA-146, Sardar Shamsher Mazari from NA-189, and Barrister Mian Khan Bugti from NA-253 have also joined PML-N.<\/p>\n<p>The PML-N tally of Punjab Assembly seats also got a boost on Sunday after Mohammad Saqib Khan Chaddhar, who won as an independent candidate from PP-97 (Chin\u00adiot-IV), joined the party.<\/p>\n<p>The winning candidate joined the party after a meeting with PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif, according to a post on the latter\u2019s official X account. Mr Sharif congratulated the MPA-elect and welcomed him to the party, the post added.<\/p>\n<p><em>Published in Dawn, February 12th, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The concerns over PTI\u2019s success in keeping intact its candidates who won as independents materialised on Sunday as one of the winners joined PML-N. The wheeling and dealing has intensified as PML-N, and PPP, are making hectic efforts to woo independent members-elect to improve their tally of total National and provincial assembly seats. 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